# Incident 20031004028259I: Dhav DHC6, Lodi, CA, October 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2003, 18:00 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Airport: Lodi Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.2024° N, 121.2691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LODI (1O3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2024&lon=-121.2691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N705PV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705PV-2004-08-25) (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 Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031004028259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PARACHUTE JUMPER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ EXITED AIRCRAFT AT 13000', DEPLOYED BY 4000', EXECUTING PLANNED FREE FALL MANEUVERS AND, ACCORDING TO ANOTHER JUMPER'S COMMENT, ^PRIVACY DAT^ INDICATED HE PLANNED ON PRACTICING "SWOOP TURNS". ^PRIVACY DAT^ MADE A 270 DEGREE "TOGGLE TURN AND IMPACTED THE GROUND (HWY 99) WHILE STILL DIVING THROUGH THE SWOOP TURN. JUMPER SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES AND WAS LIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES FOUR DAYS LATER. THIS WAS HIS 44TH JUMP, TEN OF WHICH WAS WITH THE EQUIPMENT HE WAS USING WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. DATA PACKED: 10/04/03 BY DECEASED. CLOSED.TLJ.

## Other reports on N705PV (1)

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

- [Incident 20000819025869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000819025869I), Aug 19, 2000: Dhav DHC6300 (N705PV), Lodi, CA, 1 fatal. (-23) See attached.

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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