# Incident 20020714016959I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Ottawa, IL, July 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2002, 16:15 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3540° N, 88.8234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottawa, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3540&lon=-88.8234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714016959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2002, RONALD C. PASSMORE AGE 33 SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES FROM A SKYDIVING INCIDENT AT SKYDIVE CHICAGO, OTTAWA, IL. MR. PASSMORE HAD JUMPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH 11 OTHER INDIVIDUALS. ALL CHUTES HAD DEPLOYED AND WERE FUNCTIONAL. MR. PASSMORE HAD STEERED AWAY FROM THE MAIN GROUP AND WAS GOING TOWARDS THE RECREATION AREA CONSISTING OF A POND AND SWIMMING AREA SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS FROM THE MAIN DROP ZONE. A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE WERE AT THE POND AND WERE WATCHING AS MR. PASSMORE WAS ATTEMPTING A DIFFICULT STUNT COMMONLY KNOWN AS "POND SWOOPING." THIS CONSISTS OF GAINING A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHILE DESCENDING TOWARDS THE POND, THE CHUTIST THEN LEVELS OFF GAINS LIFT AND SKIMS THE WATER WITH THEIR FEET. MR. PASSMORE WAS UNABLE TO LEVEL OFF AND IMPACTED THE WATER AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. MR. PASSMORE SUSTAINED MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES AND DIED AT THE SCENE. THIS WAS THE SECOND JUMP OF THE DAY FOR MR. PASSMORE.

## Other reports on N30EA (7)

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

- [Incident 20180615007919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180615007919I), Jun 15, 2018: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Ottawa, IL, No damage, 1 fatal. The dupage FSDO was notified of parachute incident: on June 15, 2018, reginald hurlbut sustained fatal injuries from a skydiving incident at Skydive Chicago,…
- [Incident 20170320006249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170320006249I), Mar 20, 2017: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Sebastian, FL, No damage. On March 20 2017 during skydivesebastian sky diving excercise sky diver 1-[privacy data omitted] departed jump aircraft N30EA during skydiving excercise over…
- [Incident 20160322004779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160322004779I), Mar 22, 2016: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Zephyrhills, FL, No damage. On 22-MAR-2016, four experienced recreational skydivers with wingsuits departed their jump plane at 14,500?. Two of the skydivers had a mid-air collision…
- [Incident 20151011017809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151011017809I), Oct 11, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Ottawa, IL, No damage, 1 fatal. The main parachute did not open properly. The reserve parachute became entangled with the main parachute and did not open. N30EA was the airplane that the…
- [Accident 20150209000891A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150209000891A), Feb 9, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Sebastian, FL, Substantial damage. On 2/9/2015, at approximately 0630, N30EA (piloted by [privacy data omitted]) and N70EA had a head on collision on the ramp of the Sebastian Municipal Airport.…
- [Accident 20010615015579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010615015579A), Jun 15, 2001: Dhav DHC6 (N30EA), Ottawa, IL, No damage. (.19) One June 15, 2001, at 2315 central daylight time, a passenger was seriously injured after walking into the propeller blade of a de havilland, DHC-6 twin…
- [Incident 19980909038409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980909038409I), Sep 9, 1998: Dhav DHC6200 (N30EA), Ottawa, IL. (-5) The aircraft departed skydive chicago airport (8N2) for a jump. At approximately 6000FT the right engine lost power. The aircraft continued to climb to…

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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