# Incident 20021122036119I: Dhav DHC6200, Lake Wales, FL, November 22, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Lake Wales Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 27.8932° N, 81.6215° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE WALES MUNI (X07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8932&lon=-81.6215&mi=10
- Aircraft: N226CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N226CS-2020-06-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 130 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021122036119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ATTACHMENT OT INCIDENT NUMBER S-234 THAT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 22, 2002, AT LAKE WALES, FLORIDA INVOLVING A SKY DIVE FROM AIRCRAFT N226CS, A DHC-6 TWIN OTTER. MARK KARL GABRIEL PILOTED THE AIRCRAFT. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND, AFTER HEARING A LOUD NOISE OBSERVED THE SKYDIVERS TANGLED IN THEIR MAIN PARACHUTES AS THEY SPIRALED TO THE GROUND. OTHER WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY SAW ONE DIVER USING A MULTI-COLOR CANOPY (JUMPER #1) MAKE A SWEEPING TURN AND COLLIDE WITH THE JUMPER THAT WAS IN A STABLE APPROACH TO LAND. THE COLISION OCCURRED ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND CAUSING BOTH DIVERS TO FALL TOWARDS THE EARTH. THEY WERE BOTH PRONOUNCED DECEASED AT THE SCENE. ON NOVEMBER 25, 2002, INSPECTIONS WERE PERFORMED TO THE MAIN CANOPIES AND CONTAINERS. THE INSPECTION REVEALED NO MAL-FUNCTIONS. ALSO, THE INSPECTION CARDS REVEALED NO RECORDED DISCREPANCIES. ON DECEMBER 6, 2002, A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^, A WITNESS, STATED THAT SHE HEARD CONVERSATIONS IN THE HANGER INDICATING THAT MICHAEL BAILEY (JUMPER #2) WAS STRUCK BY PAUL A. DESIRA (JUMPER #1). JUMPER #1 NAME: PAUL A. DESIRA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PRE                                                                  VIOUS PARACHUTING EXPERIENCE: 600 JUMPS EQUIPMENT: RESERVE CANOPY - TEMCO 120 MAIN CANOPY - AIRTIME JEDI 105 SERIAL NUMBER 709 CONTAINER - JAVELIN NJ SERIAL NUMBER 17665 JUMPER #2 NAME: MICHAEL BAILEY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PREVIOUS PARACHUTING EXPERIENCE: 2,700 JUMPS EQUIPMENT: RESERVE CANOPY - PD 143 SERIAL NUMBER 016049 MAIN CANOPY - STILETTO 150 CONTAINER - JAVELIN OJ SERIAL NUMBER 14457 WITNESSES: REFER TO POLICE REPORT NO. 021100843.

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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