# Incident 20160213003609I: Dehavilland DHC-6-100, Acampo, CA, February 13, 2016 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 13, 2016, 10:00 local time - Place: Acampo, CA - Airport: Lodi Airport - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 38.2024° N, 121.2691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LODI (1O3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2024&lon=-121.2691&mi=10 - Aircraft: N73WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73WD-2022-05-10) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-100 (registry code 2802610, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-100) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6SER TP (registry code 52045, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6ser-tp) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-100 - Reported engine: P&W PT6SER TP - People aboard: 0 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160213003609I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON FEBRUARY 13, 2016 DURING SKYDIVING VIDEO RECORDING OF A TEAM PERFORMING FORMATIONS THE PHOTOGRAPHER, RAMIRO R. SAINZ, AFTER FINISHING THE RECORDING, ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY HIS MAIN PARACHUTE. DURING THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE MAIN PARACHUTE MR. SAINZ EXPERIENCED DIFFICUTIES AND ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE HIS MAIN CHUTE; THIS WAS VERIFIED ON THE VIDEO FROM HIS CAMERA. THE ATTEMPTED DEPLOYMENT OF THE PARACHUTE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET. VIDEO OF THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT SHOWED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING SEVERE JERKING MOVEMENTS BEFORE THE VIDEO QUIT RECORDING. BASED ON EYE WITNESSES STATEMENTS HIS PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED, HOWEVER THEIR STATEMENTS INDICATED MR. SAINZ WAS MANEUVERING AND THAT THE PARACHUTE SEEMED TO BE OUT OF CONTROL. HIS MAIN PARACHUTE WAS EVENTUALLY RELEASED. THE CUT AWAY HANDLE FOR THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS FOUND 200 FEET SOUTH EAST OF THE IMPACT AREA WHERE MR. SAINZ IMPACTED THE CEMENT WALL. HIS EMERGINCY PARACHUTE WAS NEVER DEPLOYED. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ANY PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT BEFORE MR. SAINZ IMPACKED THE CEMENT WALL. THE EMERGENCY PARACHUTE DEPLOYED ON IMPACK WITH THE CEMENT BRICK WALL, THIS WAS INDICATED BY THE PARACHUTE NOT FULLY DEPLOYED AND WAS LYING IN THE DITCH AREA STILL ATTACHED TO MR. SAINZ. HIS EMERGINCY PARACHUTE WAS NEVER DEPLOYED. WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT SEE ANY PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT BEFORE MR. SAINZ IMPACKED THE CEMENT WALL. THE EMERGENCY PARACHUTE DEPLOYED ON IMPACK WITH THE CEMENT BRICK WALL, THIS WAS INDICATED BY THE PARACHUTE NOT FULLY DEPLOYED AND WAS LYING IN THE DITCH AREA STILL ATTACHED TO MR. SAINZ. ## Other reports on N73WD (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20190926019039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190926019039I), Sep 26, 2019: Dehavilland DHC-6-100 (N73WD), Lodi, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. A single parachute fatality occurred at the Lodi parachute center, Lodi CA. Parachutist was a [privacy data omitted] exited aircraft N73WD and deployed… - [Incident 20100617034999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100617034999I), Jun 17, 2010: Dehavilland DHC-6-100 (N73WD), Acampo, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. Deceased parachutist name: lieve m. demeyer, age: 25, sex female. Experienced parachutist. Number of parachute jumps: in excess of 500+.equipment type: single… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.