# Incident 20100617034999I: Dehavilland DHC-6-100, Acampo, CA, June 17, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2010, 09:45 local time
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Airport: N/A Off Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.1735° N, 121.2799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Acampo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1735&lon=-121.2799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73WD-2022-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-100 (registry code 2802610, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6SER TP (registry code 52045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6ser-tp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-100
- Reported engine: P&W PT6SER TP
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- 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/20100617034999I

## Narrative

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

DECEASED PARACHUTIST NAME: LIEVE M. DEMEYER, AGE: 25, SEX FEMALE. EXPERIENCED PARACHUTIST.  NUMBER OF PARACHUTE JUMPS:  IN EXCESS OF 500+.EQUIPMENT TYPE: SINGLE HARNESS-DUAL PARACHUTE SYSTEM.  MANUFACTURED BY- SUN PATH PRODUCTS, INC., MODEL NUMBER TJNK "JAVELIN ODYSSEY" HARNESS /CONTAINER SYSTEM.  RESERVE PARACHUTE MANUFACTURED BY- PERFORMANCE DESIGNS, INC., MODEL NUMBER PD126R. PARACHUTE SYSTEM FAA CERTIFIED TSO-C23D. LAST REQUIRED FAA RESERVE PARACHUTE REPACK WAS DOCUMENTED ON 3/5/10. FAA NARRATIVE:ON 6/17/10 BETWEEN 9:30 TO 10:00 AM A SKYDIVER /PARACHUTIST WHILE JUMPING SOLO EXITED AN AIRCRAFT FROM 13,000 FEET AGL. DURING HER FREEFALL DESCENT, SHE BECAME SEPERATED FROM HER PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT. HER PARACHUTE WAS NEVER DEPLOYED. SHE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES FROM HER IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N73WD (2)

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

- [Incident 20190926019039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190926019039I), Sep 26, 2019: Dehavilland DHC-6-100 (N73WD), Lodi, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. A single parachute fatality occurred at the Lodi parachute center, Lodi CA. Parachutist was a [privacy data omitted] exited aircraft N73WD and deployed…
- [Incident 20160213003609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160213003609I), Feb 13, 2016: Dehavilland DHC-6-100 (N73WD), Acampo, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. On February 13, 2016 during skydiving video recording of a team performing formations the photographer, ramiro r. sainz, after finishing the recording,…

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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