# Incident 20160322004779I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Zephyrhills, FL, March 22, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2016, 12:00 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2407° N, 82.1790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zephyrhills, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2407&lon=-82.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160322004779I

## Narrative

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

ON 22-MAR-2016, FOUR EXPERIENCED RECREATIONAL SKYDIVERS WITH WINGSUITS DEPARTED THEIR JUMP PLANE AT 14,500?.  TWO OF THE SKYDIVERS HAD A MID-AIR COLLISION SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE CHEST AREA WITH HIS HEAD.  APPARENTLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND CONTINUED HIS DESCENT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS HIS AAD ACTIVATED AND DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE FOR AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE INTENDED DROP ZONE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO DEPLOY HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND LANDED NORMALLY AT THE DROP ZONE.  BOTH MEN WERE TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SEVERAL BROKEN BONES AND IS PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN.

## Other reports on N30EA (7)

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

- [Incident 20180615007919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180615007919I), Jun 15, 2018: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Ottawa, IL, No damage, 1 fatal. The dupage FSDO was notified of parachute incident: on June 15, 2018, reginald hurlbut sustained fatal injuries from a skydiving incident at Skydive Chicago,…
- [Incident 20170320006249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170320006249I), Mar 20, 2017: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Sebastian, FL, No damage. On March 20 2017 during skydivesebastian sky diving excercise sky diver 1-[privacy data omitted] departed jump aircraft N30EA during skydiving excercise over…
- [Incident 20151011017809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151011017809I), Oct 11, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Ottawa, IL, No damage, 1 fatal. The main parachute did not open properly. The reserve parachute became entangled with the main parachute and did not open. N30EA was the airplane that the…
- [Accident 20150209000891A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150209000891A), Feb 9, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Sebastian, FL, Substantial damage. On 2/9/2015, at approximately 0630, N30EA (piloted by [privacy data omitted]) and N70EA had a head on collision on the ramp of the Sebastian Municipal Airport.…
- [Incident 20020714016959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714016959I), Jul 14, 2002: N30EA, Ottawa, IL, 1 fatal. (-23) On July 14, 2002, ronald c. passmore age 33 sustained fatal injuries from a skydiving incident at skydive chicago, Ottawa, IL. Mr. Passmore had jumped…
- [Accident 20010615015579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010615015579A), Jun 15, 2001: Dhav DHC6 (N30EA), Ottawa, IL, No damage. (.19) One June 15, 2001, at 2315 central daylight time, a passenger was seriously injured after walking into the propeller blade of a de havilland, DHC-6 twin…
- [Incident 19980909038409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980909038409I), Sep 9, 1998: Dhav DHC6200 (N30EA), Ottawa, IL. (-5) The aircraft departed skydive chicago airport (8N2) for a jump. At approximately 6000FT the right engine lost power. The aircraft continued to climb to…

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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