# Incident 20130616009999I: Dehavilland DHC-6-200, Laurel, DE, June 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2013, 13:39 local time
- Place: Laurel, DE
- Airport: Laurel
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.5422° N, 75.5944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUREL (N06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5422&lon=-75.5944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N669JW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N669JW) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130616009999I

## Narrative

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

TWO EXPERIENCED JUMPERS PERFORMING CANOPY RELATIVE WORK (CRW) IN STACK FORMATION.   LOWER PARACHUTIST (JUMPER 1) MADE CONTACT WITH UPPER PARACHUTIST (JUMPER 2) WHEN APPROACHING TOO FAST FROM BELOW AND BEHIND JUMPER 2, PARTIALLY COLLAPSING JUMPER 1 CANOPY.  THIS CONTACT CAUSED BOTH PARACHUTIST TO BECOME ENTANGLED.  DUE TO PARTIALLY COLLAPSED JUMPER 1 CANOPY, AND INABILITY TO TURN INTO WIND, THE DESCENT RATE AND FORWARD SPEED INCREASED,CAUSING INJURIES UPON LANDING.

JUMPERS WERE EXPERIENCED AND NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE SKYDIVE DELMARVA SCHOOL AT LAUREL AIRPORT.

JUMPER 1: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

JAVELIN CONTAINER, PARA-FLIGHT MAIN CANOPY.

RESERVE PACKED 4/17/2013.

REPORTED BROKEN TOE.

JUMPER 2: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

VECTOR CONTAINER, PARA-FLIGHT MAIN CANOPY.

RESERVE PACKED 4/14/2013.

REPORTED TWO CRACKED RIBS, FRACTURED VERTEBRAE.

## Other reports on N669JW (2)

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

- [Incident 20050511009419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050511009419I), May 11, 2005: Dhav DHC6200 (N669JW), Abingdon, VA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] the pilot taxiied between two rows of parked airplanes then initiated a left hand turn to proposed parking for refueling. During…
- [Incident 19950715024699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950715024699I), Jul 15, 1995: Dhav DHC6200 (N669JW), Waynesville, OH. Encountered severe downdrafts descending. Opened chutes near ground. Hard landings. Injured three jumpers.

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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