# Accident 20030921022799A: Dhav DHC6, Chester, SC, September 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chester, SC
- Airport: Chester Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 34.7023° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chester, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7023&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030921022799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ WAS INJURED (FRACTURED BOTH LEGS AND PELVIS) WHEN EXECUTING A LOW TURN AT ABOUT 30FT FROM THE GROUND AND SLAMMED INTO PAVEMENT. WIND WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. EXPERIENCE LEVEL: NOVICE WITH 57 JUMPS. CLUB AFFILIATION: WORKING ON HIS USPA LICENSE. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION & PACKING RECORDS: HARNESS & CONTAINER IS A RIGGING INOVATIONS, TALON. THE MAIN IS A ICARUS SAFIRE 169SQFT CANOPY W/SUPERVISED PACKING. THE RESERVE IS A PERFORMANCE DESIGN 176R, 176SQFT AND A CYPRES AAD W/RSL WAS USED AND PACKED BY A CERTIFICATED RIGGER. NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND WITH EQUIPMENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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