# Incident 20120615011839I: Dehavilland DHC-6-200, Plattekill, NY, June 15, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2012, 16:00 local time
- Place: Plattekill, NY
- Airport: Gardiner
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.6668° N, 74.1496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDINER (5NY5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6668&lon=-74.1496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40269, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40269) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-200
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120615011839I

## Narrative

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

NAME OF JUMPERS: DAVID WINOKER, STUDENT AND ALEKSANDR CHULSKY, INSTRUCTOREXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: WINOKER, FIRST JUMPCHULSKY, USPA "D"LICENSED COACH, TANDEM INSTRUCTOR CURRENT THROUGH 11/2012.CLUB AFFILIATION: USPA, SKYDIVE THE RANCH, GARDINER, NYDESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND THIER PACKING RECORDS: MAIN CANOPY IS A SIGMA 370, P/N SC0370P04, S/N SG370-000385, MANUFACTURED 08/2004 BY RELATIVE WORKSHOP, INC.RESERVE CANOPY IS A VECTOR TANDEM II, P/N VTC-II, S/N 3601535, MANUFACTURED 7/1991 BY PERFORMANCE DESIGNS.THE RESERVE CANOPY, HARNESS, CONTAINER AND ADD WERE INSPECTED ON 3/7/2012.

## Other reports on N40269 (1)

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

- [Incident 20200628010739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200628010739I), Jun 28, 2020: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N40269), Gardiner, NY, No damage, 1 fatal. 06-28-2020 During skydiving training, the skydiver, left the aircraft wearing a parachute, but didn't have the parachute on his body when he hit the ground.…

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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