# Incident 20160301002159I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Zephyrhills, FL, March 1, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2016, 11:00 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202EH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202EH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6 SER 578HP
- 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/20160301002159I

## Narrative

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

A.  JAMES RODNEY MANN

B.  200 MILITARY FREE FALL JUMPS PRIOR TO YEAR 2000.   ADDITIONAL 11 CIVILIAN FREE FALL JUMPS IN PRIOR WEEK FOLLOWING INITIAL CIVILIAN TRAINING.

C.  NONE

D.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF MAIN CANOPY, RESERVE CANOPY, HARNESS SYSTEM, CONTAINER AND AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF ANOMALIES OR FAILURES OTHER THAN CUTS MADE BY FIRST RESPONDER PARAMEDICS.  THE RESERVE CANOPY, HARNESS AND BAG WERE APPROVED UNDER TSO ? C23 SERIES.  THE RECORDS APPEARED TO BE IN ORDER AND THE RESERVE SYSTEM WAS LAST INSPECTED AND PACKED BY A CERTIFICATED PARACHUTE RIGGER ON 20-JAN-2016.

## Other reports on N202EH (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20191110018479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191110018479I), Nov 10, 2019: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N202EH), Zephyrhills, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. On November 10 2019 a parachutist jumped over the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport from aircraft N202EH at approximately 0902 hrs., . The parachutist landed under…
- [Incident 20171028021829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171028021829I), Oct 28, 2017: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N202EH), Pepperell, MA, No damage, 1 fatal. Fatal skydive incident at Pepperell skydive center. Parachutist identified as richard smith, 30 + years experienced skydiver. Working as a contract…
- [Accident 20140823014419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140823014419A), Aug 23, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N202EH), Pepperell, MA, Minor damage. Twin otter, N202EH struck a hawk at 2000 feet while climbing for a jump operation. Hawk hit leading edge of the left wing putting a hole in leading edge and…

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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