# Incident 20150619011899I: Cessna 208B, Jamul, CA, June 19, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2015, 13:15 local time
- Place: Jamul, CA
- Airport: Nichols Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.7184° N, 116.8709° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamul, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7184&lon=-116.8709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850VY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150619011899I

## Narrative

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

AT 1315 HRS ON 6/19/2015 AT NICHOL'S FIELD(0CL3),  A PARACHUTIST AT SKYDIVE SAN DIEGO(ANDREI PENZ)EXECUTED A SHARP LEFT TURN ON FINAL APPROACH. THIS RESULTED IN A STEEP DIVE WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM. CROSS WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 9MPH. WEATHER WAS CLEAR. VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT SHOWS THE LEFT CORNER OF THE PARACHUTE  POSSIBLY FOLDING UNDER CAUSING A STEEP DIVE. THIS VIDEO WAS SENT TO AVP-100(DAVID GERLACH)TO SEE IF ENHANCEMENT IS POSSIBLE. MR. PENZ HAD APPROXIMATELY 4000 JUMPS AND PACKED HIS OWN PARACHUTE.

7/20/15: RECEIVED AN ENHANCED FRAME OF THE ACCIDENT VIDEO FROM MR. GERLACH WHICH DOES NOT ASSIST IN DETERMING A CAUSE.

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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