20120514009289I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Lodi, CA · May 14, 2012

Date
May 14, 2012 · 13:00 local
Place
Lodi, CA
Airport
Lodi Airport
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N97DZ
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 5/14/2012 a brazilin foreigner privacy data omitted skydiver at the Lodi Airport (1O3) parachute center landed/hit ground very hard. N97DZ twin otter aircraft use and privacy data omitted privacy data omitted was the pilot in command. Video from the skydivers helmet and from witness on ground. Basically at about 200 feet altitude parachutist turned base, dropped fast, hit ground hard and rolled several times. privacy data omitted Went to kaiser south hospital in sacramento and is in critical conditioning and is in a coma.

As the FAA filed it

ON 5/14/2012 A BRAZILIN FOREIGNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SKYDIVER AT THE LODI AIRPORT (1O3) PARACHUTE CENTER LANDED/HIT GROUND VERY HARD. N97DZ TWIN OTTER AIRCRAFT USE AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND.VIDEO FROM THE SKYDIVERS HELMET AND FROM WITNESS ON GROUND. BASICALLY AT ABOUT 200 FEET ALTITUDE PARACHUTIST TURNED BASE, DROPPED FAST, HIT GROUND HARD AND ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WENT TO KAISER SOUTH HOSPITAL IN SACRAMENTO AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITIONING AND IS IN A COMA.