# Incident 20010516015439I: Dhav DHC6200, Sebastian, FL, May 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBASTIAN MUNI (X26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516015439I

## Narrative

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

(-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 DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY BUT BECAUSE OF THE STUDENT IN THE FETAL POSITION AND THE TUMBLING, THE RESERVE BECAME ENTANGLED AND THE STUDENT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## 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 20000624032209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000624032209I), Jun 24, 2000: Dhav DHC6200 (N223AL), Chico Hot Sprin, MT, 1 fatal. (-23)Based on the investigation by officer[privacy data omitted] of the park county sheriif's office, livingston, Montana, eye witnesses reported 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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