# Incident 20081107854269I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, Eloy, AZ, November 7, 2008 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 7, 2008, 16:45 local time - Place: Eloy, AZ - Airport: Eloy Municipal - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Landing - 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: N924MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N924MA) (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 PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6TWNOTTER - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081107854269I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SKYDIVER HAD COMPLETED SUCCESSFUL FREEFALL AND WAS DESCENDING UNDER A FULLY DEPLOYED CANOPY. AFTER MANEUVERING THE CANOPY TO A POINT WHICH WAS EAST OF THE LANDING AREA THE JUMPER BEGAN A STEEP TURN TO THE RIGHT AT A HEIGHT LESS THEN 100 FEET AND BARELY CLEARED A WOOD BARRIER ONTO THE NORTHERN LANDING ZONE. THE STEEP TURN WAS INITIATED AND THE JUMPER NEVER RECOVERED FROM THE TURN OR ATTEMPTED TO SLOW HIS DESCENT BY FLARING WHEN HE IMPACTED THE GROUND FACE DOWN AND SLID APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FORWARD. THE JUMPER WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE PHOENIX MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER AND DIED OF RELATED INJURIES ON 11/10/2008. THE JUMPER WAS USING A SABER 2, 150 SQ. FT. CANOPY. HE HAD 285 JUMPS WHEN HE ARRIVED AT ELOY ON 11/05/2008. THIS OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT BY THE DROPZONE; AND WAS ONLY MADE AWARE OF THE JUMPER’S DEATH BY THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE EQUIPMENT USED BY THE JUMPER. ## Other reports on N924MA (7) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20250216001239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250216001239I), Feb 16, 2025: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N924MA), Eloy, AZ, No damage. On February 16, 2025, a de havilland Canada DHC-6, conducted parachute operations from Eloy, AZ. There was one fatality. The victim's parachute was deployed… - [Incident 20131203025079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131203025079I), Dec 3, 2013: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N924MA), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 2 fatal. While conducting a 200 person freefall formation jump two of the participants collided while under canopy at approximately 300 feet AGL. Both jumpers had… - [Incident 20120215003309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120215003309I), Feb 15, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N924MA), Eloy, AZ, No damage. Skydiver (ke dime) exited the jump bird at approximately 5000 ft AGL for the purposes of practicing a "swooping" landing. (Swooping is a maneuver in which the… - [Incident 20070309007429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070309007429I), Mar 9, 2007: Dhav DHC6300 (N924MA), Eloy, AZ, 2 fatal. (-23) According to witnesses, two skydivers collided at approximately 250' above ground level, entangled their canopys, resulting in an out of control spin.… - [Incident 19960806027419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960806027419I), Aug 6, 1996: Dhav DHC6200 (N924MA), Quincy, IL, 1 fatal. Narrative: a parachute jumper received fatal injuries on August 6, 1996 at approximately 1330 CDT after making a turn at too low an altitude. The jumper… - [Incident 19950527031709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950527031709I), May 27, 1995: Dhav DHC6 (N924MA), Eloy, AZ, 1 fatal. Jumpers collided after leaving formation. 2 knocked unconscious and tangled did not deplay 3rd jumper deployed. - [Incident 19921231055599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921231055599I), Dec 31, 1992: Dhav DHC6 (N924MA), Eloy, AZ, 1 fatal. Chutist impacted the ground when her parachute failed to properly deploy. Waited too long to deploy chute. 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.