# Incident 20050104000769I: Dhav DHC6*, Deland, FL, January 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2005, 09:52 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24HV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24HV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6*
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050104000769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 4, 2004, AT THE DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DELAND, FLORIDA, SKYDIVER ^PRIVACY D^, A FOREIGNER FROM PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC WAS SEVERELY INJURED AFTER HITTING THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY D^ WAS PLANNING TO SWOOP BUT APPEARED TO LOSE ALTITUDE AWARENESS WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND. THE SKYDIVER WAS JUMPING WITH A VENGENACE 120 CANOPY WITH AN EXIT WEIGHT OF 226 LBS. ALSO, OUT OF HIS 300 PLUS JUMPS THIS WAS HIS SECOND JUMP WITH THIS PARACHUTE. THE SKYDIVER WAS JUMPING A SMALL CANOPY FOR HIS EXPERIENCE LEVEL. ^PRIVACY D^ WAS TAKEN TO THE HALIFAX MEDICAL CENTER IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA WHEN AFTER TWO DAYS IN INTENSIVE CARE PASSED AWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EQUIPMENT: MAIN CANOPY-VENGEANCE 120 SERIAL NUMBER VN 001011. RESERVE CANOPY-MASS WP130, (FOREIGN) SERIAL NUMBER-7842/03. CONTAINER-MIRAGE 64.1 MT SERIAL NO. 05859.   PARACHUTE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N24HV (3)

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

- [Incident 20221003015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221003015919I), Oct 3, 2022: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N24HV), Deland, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. Fatal skydiving incident due to medical emergency causing the skydiver to lose consciousness.
- [Incident 20160409003849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160409003849I), Apr 9, 2016: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N24HV), Deland, FL, No damage. [privacy data omitted] A 14 CFR part 65 certificated airmen with a private pilot endorsement and is a parachute instructor with over 12.000 jumps. [privacy…
- [Accident 20050423006719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050423006719A), Apr 23, 2005: Dhav DHC6300 (N24HV), Deland, FL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) After parachute jumper [privacy data omitted] exited the jump airplane, it descended and was maneuvering to land at Deland airport when the airplane hit…

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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