# Incident 20140722024159I: Douglas C-47, Frederick, OK, July 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2014, 19:45 local time
- Place: Frederick, OK
- Airport: Frederick Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 34.3521° N, 98.9839° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK RGNL (FDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3521&lon=-98.9839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N751A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas C-47 (registry code 3021461, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-c-47) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series (registry code 52020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-1830-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS C-47
- Reported engine: P & W R-1830 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 120 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140722024159I

## Narrative

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

MEMBERS OF THE WWII AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATION TEAM WERE CONDUCTING A  STATIC LINE PARACHUTE JUMP OVER THEIR DROP ZONE LOCATED NEAR THE FREDERICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FREDERICK OKLAHOMA AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 HOURS ON JULY 22, 2014. THE 10TH (OF 15) JUMPER'S CHUTE HAD A DELAYED DEPLOYMENT AND A LOW SPEED MALFUNCTION. THE CHUTE EXPERIENCED A "MAE WEST" SITUATION . FAILED ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY EMERGENCY PARACHUTE. JUMPER LANDED AT A RATE WHICH CAUSED THE FATALITY. THE FATALITY WAS PRIOR ARMY AIRBORNE WITH 37 DOCUMENTED JUMPS FROM JULY 1968 THROUGH MARCH 1975 AND HAD RECEIVED 30 HOURS OF DOCUMENTED TRAINING IN 2014. HE HAD MADE TWO SUCCESSFUL JUMPS IN THE DAYS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT.

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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