# Incident 20000624032209I: Dhav DHC6200, Chico Hot Sprin, MT, June 24, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chico Hot Sprin, MT
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 45.3377° N, 110.6922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chico Hot Springs, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3377&lon=-110.6922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223AL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N223AL) (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
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624032209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION BY OFFICER^PRIVACY DATA^ OF THE PARK COUNTY SHERIIF'S OFFICE, LIVINGSTON, MONTANA, EYE WITNESSES REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ DEPARTED AIRCRAFT N223AL OVER THE EMIGRANT ARE NEAR CHICO HOT SPRINGS, MT WITH THE INTENT OF PARACHUTING TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, ^PRIVACY D^ PERFORMED A "HOOK TURN" WHICH BROUGHT HIM AROUND 180 DEGREES AND INITIATED A RAPID DESCENT.  ^PRIVACY D^ CONTACTED THE GROUND A RATE OF SPEED AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.  ONE WITNESS STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DAT^SEEMED TO FALL OUT OF THE AIR THE LAST 50 FEET.  ONE WITNESS SUSPECTED THAT A WIND ROTOR FROM A RIDGE TO THE WEST MAY HAVE AFFECTED ^PRIVACY DAT^ CANOPY AND CAUSED A WIND SHEAR CONDITION.  AN EXPERIENCED PARACHUTIST, NOT AN EYEWITNESS, EXPLAINED A "HOOK TURN" AS A RADICAL MOVE THAT CAN BE PERFROMED BY A HIGH PERFROMANCE PARACHUTE IN WHICH THE JUMPER IS SWUNG AROUND IN ROTATION AND FLIES FACING THE EARTH BEFORE THE WEIGHT OF THE JUMPER SWINGS BELOW THE CANOPY AT HIGH SPEED AND CONTINUES TO FLY NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N223AL (3)

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

- [Accident 20140601008289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601008289A), Jun 1, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N223AL), Middletown, OH, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Aircraft was conducting a hot load parachute operation when one of the ground crew walked into the left spinning propeller and was struck in the head, she…
- [Incident 20040619020489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040619020489I), Jun 19, 2004: Dhav DHC6200 (N223AL), Hinckley, IL, 1 fatal. (-23) On June 19, 2004, [privacy data omitted] sustained fatal injuries suffered from a skydiving incident at chicagoland skydive, 12637 rt. 30, Hinckley, IL.…
- [Incident 20010516015439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516015439I), May 16, 2001: Dhav DHC6200 (N223AL), Sebastian, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) Witnesses say that upon exiting aircraft on the 13th student jump, Mr. Bischofberger began to tumble and could not open the main chute. The reserve chute…

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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