# Incident 20010709020879I: Dhav DHC6300, Ottawa, IL, July 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2001, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Airport: Skydive Chicago Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3998° N, 88.7939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYDIVE CHICAGO (8N2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3998&lon=-88.7939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6300
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010709020879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 2001, ALLISON HOFFMAN (DOB 11/05/1978) SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES FROM A SKYDIVING INCIDENT. SEVERAL SKYDIVERS JUMPED FORM 13,500 FEET AGL FRO N220EA, A DHC-6-200 (TWIN OTTER) AIRCRAFT. THREE SKYDIVERS HAD SEEN MS HOFFMAN AT 5,000 FEET, IN FREEFALL POSITION, IN CONTROL OF HER DESCENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 FEET HER MAIN PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED. THE STEERING TOGGLES INDICATED SHE HAD PULLED THEM FROM THEIR STOWAGE DURING DESCENT. THE MAIN PARACHUTE CUT AWAY HANDLE, WHICH RELEASED THE MAIN PARACHUTE FROM THE HARNESS, WAS WITH THE BODY AT IMPACT. ITS DEPLOYMENT INDICATED USE. THE AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) FUNCTIONED AND RELEASED THE RESERVE PILOT PARACHUTE. THE PILOT PARACHUTE WAS INFLATED BUT ENTANGLED IN A TREE AT THE SITE. THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23 YARDS FROM THE BODY. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER, BUT HAD NOT DEPLOYED COMPLETELY. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE HAD A PACK DATE OF FEBRUARY 14, 2001. MS. HOFFMAN HAD MADE A PREVIOUS JUMP ON THIS DATE.

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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