# Incident 20120915021819I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Byron, CA, September 15, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2012, 19:50 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Airport: Byron
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 37.8284° N, 121.6258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BYRON (C83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8284&lon=-121.6258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97DZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120915021819I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AFTER A JUMP.  THE PARACHUTE OPENED BUT THE JUMPER MADE AN ERROR PERFORMING A "SWOOPING" MANEUVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND HEAD FIRST.

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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