# Incident 20130803015019I: Dehavilland DHC-6-100, Lumberton, MS, August 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2013, 10:10 local time
- Place: Lumberton, MS
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 31.0059° N, 89.4590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lumberton, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0059&lon=-89.4590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71EC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-100
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130803015019I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A TANDEM PARACHUTE JUMP. THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR WAS JAMES LAWRENCE HORAK JR. HE HAD OVER 7000 JUMPS AND WAS A SENIOR PARACHUTE RIGGER. MR. HORAK WAS AFFILIATED WITH GOLD COAST SKYDIVERS THAT OPERATES OUT OF THE LUMBERTON, MS AIRPORT (4R1). HARNESS AND CONTAINER SYSTEM MANUFACTURER: U.P.T., MODEL: SIGMA TANDEM, MAIN CANOPY MANUFACTURER: PARACHUTE LAB INC., MODEL: FIREBOLT, SQUARE FEET: 350, SUPERVISED PACKER BY ANOTHER TANDEM MASTER. RESERVE CANOPY MANUFACTURER: PD, MODEL: VD 360, SQUARE FEET 360, REPACKED JULY 1, 2013, BY FAA MASTER RIGGER AND DPRE BEN CROWELL. ADD MANUFACTURER: ADVANCED AEROSPACE DESIGN, MODEL: VIGIL 11.

THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACTUAL DEPLOYMENT OF EITHER CHUTE AS THEY WERE THE LAST TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE IMPACT WAS BELOW A CANOPY OF OAK TREES AND THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS TORN. THE INSTRUCTORS INJURIES WERE FATAL AND THE STUDENTS INJURIES ARE SERIOUS

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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