# Incident 19990404039999I: Stbros SC7SERIES3, Deland, FL, April 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1999, 18:25 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101FX-2009-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC7SERIES3
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990404039999I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTIST BEATRICE VANDERPOL DEPARTED A/C AT 3500 FT. HER CHUTE OPENED  AT APPROX. 3000 FT BUT A LINE OVER OR LINE TANGLED.  CHUTE DID NOT OPEN PROPERLY AND ABOUT 125FT THE CHUTE COLLAPSED.  MS. VANDERPOL THEN MADE FATAL CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AT DELAND AIRPORT.  THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS NOT DEPLOYED.  RESERVE CHUTE A VACTOR II S/N 22241 WAS PACKED 3/28/99.

## Other reports on N101FX (3)

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

- [Incident 20031122035969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031122035969I), Nov 22, 2003: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101FX), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was one of four skydivers that exited the aircraft on the same flight. Exit from the aircraft was normal. The purpose of [privacy…
- [Incident 20001227028829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227028829I), Dec 27, 2000: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101FX), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. (-23)Parachutist[privacy data omitted]was performing her 100th skydive when she cut away her main parachute. Witnesses claimed to have seen her struggling…
- [Incident 19960907033329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907033329I), Sep 7, 1996: Stbros SC72 (N101FX), Zepher Hills, FL, 1 fatal. Narrative: julie ann larsson was part of an eighteen person formation group. She exited the aircraft with another jumper and a third person filming the dive.…

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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