20010415009689I

Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC-6-200 · Trenton, TX · April 15, 2001

Date
April 15, 2001 · 11:45 local
Place
Trenton, TX
Airport
Tri-County Aerodrome Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N228YK
Reported as
Dhav DHC6200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A28
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total350 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)privacy data omitted first jump student privacy data omitted . Witness states that at approximately 100 ft. jumper pulled toggles down to half brakes thus increasing his travel to the rear then pulled r toggle and struck beam on building 10 ft. above ground at 45 deg. Angle to wind sustaining fatal injuries from blunt trauma to head and broken neck. Removed from scene via careflight helicopter.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ FIRST JUMP STUDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . WITNESS STATES THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FT. JUMPER PULLED TOGGLES DOWN TO HALF BRAKES THUS INCREASING HIS TRAVEL TO THE REAR THEN PULLED R TOGGLE AND STRUCK BEAM ON BUILDING 10 FT. ABOVE GROUND AT 45 DEG. ANGLE TO WIND SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES FROM BLUNT TRAUMA TO HEAD AND BROKEN NECK. REMOVED FROM SCENE VIA CAREFLIGHT HELICOPTER.

Other reports on N228YK · 3

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