# Incident 20110626018389I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Cedartown, GA, June 26, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2011, 13:00 local time
- Place: Cedartown, GA
- Airport: Polk County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 34.0232° N, 85.2484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cedartown, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0232&lon=-85.2484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711AS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N711AS-2020-01-09) (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: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 6
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110626018389I

## Narrative

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

DURING PARACHUTE/SKYDIVING OPERATION, JUMPERS SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES UPON LANDING.  THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA CREATED EXTREMELY GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N711AS (3)

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

- [Incident 19930411012139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930411012139I), Apr 11, 1993: Dhav DHC61 (N711AS), Apia, American Samoa, Minor damage. Pilot struck a ladder with wing tip while taxiing to fuel pit.
- [Incident 19850725050549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850725050549I), Jul 25, 1985: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N711AS), Florence, SC. Weather vaned and hydroplaned as wind shifted. Ran off side of runway in heavy hurricane associated rain.
- [Incident 19810227017159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810227017159I), Feb 27, 1981: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N711AS), Manchester, NH. Corroded plug caused false fire alarm on the left engine.

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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