# Incident 20060826021659I: Dhav DHC6300, Orange, VA, August 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2006, 12:30 local time
- Place: Orange, VA
- Airport: Orange County Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.2472° N, 78.0456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE COUNTY (OMH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2472&lon=-78.0456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204EH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N204EH) (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 DHC6300
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060826021659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08/26/06, PARACHUTIST ^PRIVACY DATA ^ JUMPED FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 14,000 FEET MSL AT SKYDIVE ORANGE, INC., ORANGE, VA. AT APPROXIMATELY 5000 FT. MSL, ^PRIVACY D^ DEPLOYED A MAIN CANOPY MODEL STILETTO 135 PART NUMBER, STD 155PD2, SERIAL NUMBER ST135-008901, MFG. 10/99. WITNESS STATEMENT INDICATED TAHT HE WAS OBSERVED SPINNING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN A CLOCKWISE ROTATION. ^PRIVACY D^ REGAINED CONTROL OF THE MAIN CANOPY AND HAD A NORMAL DESCENT TO APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. MSL WHERE HE LOST CONTROL & ROTATED SPINNING IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION AND NEVER REGAINED CONTROL. ^PRIVACY D^ FAILED TO CUT AWAY HIS MAIN CANOPY AND DEPLOY HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE. ^PRIVACY D^ HELD A UPSA LICENSE #A-34416 AND HIS LAST RENEWAL HE HAD 850 TOTAL JUMPS WITH ONE MAIN CANOPY MALFUNCTION WITHIN 12 CALENDAR MONTHS OF THIS INCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE MAIN CANOPY ASSEMBLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT INDICATES A 360 DEGREE CLOCKWISE TWIST IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT RISER LINE ASSEMBLIES. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE, PISA MFG., CANOPY MODEL TEMPO 150, S/N 1197973, WAS EXAMINED AND DETERMINED TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL. THE RESERVE WAS CURRENT IN ITS REPACK REQUIREMENTS. UPON DEPLOYMENT EXAMINATION THE PULL TEST WAS WITHIN LIMITS. THERE WAS NO APPARENT REASON IT WOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N204EH (5)

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

- [Incident 20180107000509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180107000509I), Jan 7, 2018: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N204EH), Zephyrhills, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. A sport parachutist sustained fatal injuries while skydiving on January 7, 2018 at Zephyrhills Municipal Airport after spiraling into the ground with a…
- [Incident 20171113018789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171113018789I), Nov 13, 2017: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N204EH), Zephyrhills, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. A. kurt a. tracy B. approximately 250 civilian jumps C. none D. reserve parachute Manuf: paraflite incorporated Model: swift plus 145 P/n: 828100.0 S/n R809512…
- [Incident 20130323004809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130323004809I), Mar 23, 2013: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N204EH), Zephryhills, FL, No damage, 2 fatal. On March 23, 2013, at approximately 1030 EDT, two icelandic parachutist impacted trees approximately 1 mile southeast of zephyrhills municipal airport,…
- [Accident 20090613008749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090613008749A), Jun 13, 2009: Dhav DHC6TWINOTTE (N204EH), Orange, VA, No damage. (-23) The jump aircraft pilot conducted a low pass over the parachute drop zone while a parachutist was still airborne. The aircraft flew through the drop…
- [Accident 19860207037919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860207037919A), Feb 7, 1986: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N204EH), Mekoryuk, AK, Substantial damage. Improperly aligned with runway on downwind landing. Veered off runway into a snowbank.

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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