# Incident 20050216005289I: Dhav DHC6200, Eloy, AZ, February 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2005
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N204BD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (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 DHC6200
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050216005289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MULTIPLE SKYDIVERS LEFT AIRCRAFT AND WERE FARTHER AWAY FROM LANDING AREA THAN WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL BACK UNDER CANOPY TO LAND. ONE OF THE OTHER SKYDIVERS ON THE LOAD WAS ABLE TO LAND IN A SPOT LOCATED ON AN ACCESS ROAD BETWEEN A SMALL HANGER, A SET OF POWER LINES, AND A CHAIN LINK FENCE CORNER. ^PRIVACY DATA^ ATTEMPTED TO FOLLOW THE FIRST SKYDIVER INTO THE SAME LANDING AREA. IN DOING SO HE MISCALCULATED HIS FINAL TURN TO LANDING AND LANDING FLARE. HE IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HIS FEET LANDED IN A SMALL DEPRESSION IN THE ROADWAY. BECAUSE OF THE FORWARD MOMENTUM OF THE CANOPY, HIS LEGS BROKE AND HIS BODY KEPT MOVING FORWARD AND HIS BODY BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. WHEN HE LANDED FOR THE SECOND TIME IT WAS ON HIS HEAD. THIS LANDING RESULTED IN SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND MULTIPLE BREAKS TO THE NECK. THERE WERE NO MALFUNCTIONS TO THE EQUIPMENT THAT ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS USING. THE HIGHLY WING LOADED CANOPY HAD A GREATER RATE OF DESCENT BECAUSE OF THE TURNS INITIATED TO GET INTO THE LANDING AREA. ALSO, THE FLARE FOR LANDING WAS INITIATED TOO LATE TO SUFFICIENTLY BLEED OFF EXCESS SPEED AND SINK OF THE MANEUVERS.

## Other reports on N204BD (4)

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

- [Incident 20260321003969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260321003969I), Mar 21, 2026: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. On March 21, 2026, between approximately 1255 and 1303 MST (1955Z–2003Z), a parachutist employed by [privacy data omitted] was conducting video recording…
- [Incident 20250502004559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250502004559I), May 2, 2025: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. On may 2, 2025, at approximately 11:00 am MST, a parachute jumper at Eloy airport (E60) in Eloy, Arizona, sustained fatal injuries after failing to deploy his…
- [Incident 20150523011959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150523011959I), May 23, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. Skydiver was participating in a 16 man formation jump which was practice for a larger 100 way attempt. The exit from the aircraft and formation portion of the…
- [Incident 20140403006159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140403006159I), Apr 3, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. During a 222 way skydiving formation attempt the jumper flew in the formation and deployed her canopy at approximately 2000 AGL. Witnesses stated they observed…

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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