# Incident 20140824015559I: Douglas DC3, Camarillo, CA, August 24, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2014, 15:30 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2218° N, 119.0322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Camarillo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2218&lon=-119.0322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45366, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45366) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3 (registry code 3021401, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C9GC&D series (registry code 67027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9gc-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC3
- Reported engine: WRIGHT C9GC&D SERIES
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140824015559I

## Narrative

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

N45366, A DOUGLAS DC-3, WAS BEING USED AS A JUMP AIRCRAFT FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC) AT THE CAMARILLO AIRSHOW. THE AIRCRAFT HAD A SCHEDULED STATIC LINE PARACHUTE JUMP ABOUT 1530 LOCAL TIME WITH 10 USMC JUMPERS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER RUNWAY 26 AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 1200 FEET. NINE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, ALL PARACHUTES DEPLOYED NORMAL. THE TENTH AND LAST JUMPER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND BECAME TANGLED IN HIS STATIC LINE. THE JUMPER WAS TANGLED FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS BEFORE THE STATIC LINE WAS CUT, RELEASING HIM. THE STATIC LINE WAS CUT BY A MEMBER OF THE JUMP TEAM INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE RELEASED, THE MAIN PARACHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY.  THE PARACHUTIST HAD TO DEPLOY THE RESERVE PARACHUTE. BOTH THE PARACHUTES OPENED JUST BEFORE THE PARACHUTIST LANDED. THE GUNNERY SERGEANT FOR THE TEAM STATED THAT THE PACK FOR THE PARACHUTIST GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR OF THE DC-3. THIS CAUSED THE PARACHUTIST TO BE OUT OF BODY POSITION WHEN HE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE GUNNERY SERGEANT STATED THE SMALL SIZE OF THE EXIT DOOR MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE PACK TO GET CAUGHT UP.

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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