# Incident 19981218043229I: Dhav DHC6200, Zephyrhills, FL, December 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1998, 17:00 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6200
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 320 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981218043229I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-5)AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18, THE PILOT TURNED AND BANKED TO THE EAST, MADE A LOW PASS ACROSS SKY DIVE CITY'S JUMP ZONE. WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A BANKED POSITION, THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK A MOCK-UP BENCH APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N123FX (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19970530018809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970530018809I), May 30, 1997: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Cross Keys, NJ, 1 fatal. Main chute tangled in students legs. Main chute failed. Release. Jammed. Reserve alsto tangled.
- [Incident 19960328011029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960328011029I), Mar 28, 1996: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Deland, FL. Narrative: nils hellberg and rob laidlaw were part of a twenty person formation group. When the divers broke their formation and separated, hellberg opened his…
- [Incident 19960305006289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960305006289I), Mar 5, 1996: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Deland, FL. Narrative: while parachuting at Deland, FL, jeff coban impacted the ground at a high rate of descent which resulted in a broken leg and possible back injuries,…
- [Incident 19931230051689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931230051689I), Dec 30, 1993: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Zfphyrills, FL, 1 fatal. Jumper was performing a hook manuver and misjudged the height. Impacted the ground.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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