# Accident 20050423006719A: Dhav DHC6300, Deland, FL, April 23, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2005, 09:15 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0719° N, 81.2936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0719&lon=-81.2936&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 DHC6300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050423006719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER PARACHUTE JUMPER ^PRIVACY DATA ^ EXITED THE JUMP AIRPLANE, IT DESCENDED AND WAS MANEUVERING TO LAND AT DELAND AIRPORT WHEN THE AIRPLANE HIT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ THE DESCENDING JUMPER. BOTH OF THE PARACHUTE JUMPERS LEGS WERE SEVERED BELOW THE KNEES. ACCORDING TO FAA INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY^ THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON THE LEFT WING, OUTBOARD OF THE LIFT STRUT ATTACH POINT AND CONSISTS OF IMPACT DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING. THE SKIN IS TORN BACK TO THE SPAR AND THE ASSOCIATED STRINGERS ARE BROKEN FROM THE IMPACT. IT IS MAJOR DAMAGE AS THE TOP SPAR CAP AND SPAR WEB ARE BENT AFT AND RIVETS ARE PULLED LOOSE FROM THE SPAR AT THE TOP SKIN ATTACH AREA. THE PARACHUTIST, ^PRIVACY DAT^ BEGAN SKYDIVING IN 1977. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION (USPA) AND HOLDS A CLASS "D" LICENSE. HE WAS JUMPING A YELLOW RAM AIR CANOPY. THE PARACHUTE PACKING RECORDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. WHEN THE RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA05LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA096), Apr 23, 2005: de Havilland DHC-6 (N24HV), Deland, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout.

## 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…
- [Incident 20050104000769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050104000769I), Jan 4, 2005: Dhav DHC6* (N24HV), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 4, 2004, at the Deland municipal airport, Deland, Florida, skydiver [privacy data omitted], a foreigner from prague, czech republic was…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.