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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Acampo, CA · June 23, 2013

Date
June 23, 2013 · 13:00 local
Place
Acampo, CA
Airport
Lodi
Phase of flight
Unknown
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.

A privacy data omitted was performing a parachute jump at the Lodi Airport, parachute jump center and is very experienced.

A highway is east of airport and jump center landing zone. This highway has power lines on east side and run parallel with freeway, north and south.

privacy data omitted Was on approach to landing area and had gone to FAR east of highway and power lines. He then turned left towards final approach but was to low to make it over the power lines and freeway. He then turned right, hit the power lines, was electrocuted and hit ground hard.

He was air lifted to uc davis hospital and is in critical condition.

As the FAA filed it

A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PERFORMING A PARACHUTE JUMP AT THE LODI AIRPORT, PARACHUTE JUMP CENTER AND IS VERY EXPERIENCED.

A HIGHWAY IS EAST OF AIRPORT AND JUMP CENTER LANDING ZONE. THIS HIGHWAY HAS POWER LINES ON EAST SIDE AND RUN PARALLEL WITH FREEWAY, NORTH AND SOUTH.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON APPROACH TO LANDING AREA AND HAD GONE TO FAR EAST OF HIGHWAY AND POWER LINES. HE THEN TURNED LEFT TOWARDS FINAL APPROACH BUT WAS TO LOW TO MAKE IT OVER THE POWER LINES AND FREEWAY. HE THEN TURNED RIGHT, HIT THE POWER LINES, WAS ELECTROCUTED AND HIT GROUND HARD.

HE WAS AIR LIFTED TO UC DAVIS HOSPITAL AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.