# Incident 20000704034989I: Dhav DHC6, Lake Wales, FL, July 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2000, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9203° N, 81.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Wales, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9203&lon=-81.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1022S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1022S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000704034989I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 7-7-00, MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER CLIFF DONOVAN, OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA ASSISTED IN INSPECTING THE PARACHUTE. THE BRIDLE OF THE RESERVE PILOT CHUTE WAS TANGLED WITH THE SUSPENSION LINES, WHICH WAS WRAPED AROUND THE RESERVE DEPLOYMENT BAG.  THE RESERVE CANPOY COULD NOT DEPLOYED FROM THE RESERVE DEPLOYMENT BAG.  INSPECTION OF THE MAIN CHUTE REVEALED THAT THE LEFT STEERING TOGGLE WAS RELEASED.  THE RIGHT STEERING TOGGLE WAS IN THE STOWED POSITION.  WITH THE TOGGLES IN THE POSITION DESCRIBED ABOVE, IT WOULD CAUSE THE PARACHUTE TO TURN TO THE RIGHT CREATING A RIGHTWARD SPIN.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE JUMPER CUT AWAY FROM THE MAIN PARACHUTE DURING THE SPIN AND WAS NOT IN A STABLE ARCHED POSITION.  IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT SINCE HIS BODY WAS TUMBLING, THE BRIDLE FROM  THE RESERVE PILOT CHUTE WAS SNAGGED WITH THE RESERVE'S RISES APPLYING TENSION TO THE RISERS INSTEAD OF THE RESERVE DEPLOYMENT BAG.

## Other reports on N1022S (2)

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

- [Accident 19971108040799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971108040799A), Nov 8, 1997: Dhav DHC6 (N1022S), Elberta, AL, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Engines running during boarding. Jumper hit by prop. Walked between fuselage and prop. Was warned but unheeded same (-23) on November 8, 1997, at 1315L, Mr.…
- [Incident 19970112004419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970112004419I), Jan 12, 1997: Dhav DHC6 (N1022S), Elberta, AL, 1 fatal. Narrative: Mr. Mark cooper was one of nineteen (19) parachutist that made a deliberate jump from N1022S on January 12, 1997, at approximately 1500 local. The…

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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