# Incident 20160409003849I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Deland, FL, April 9, 2016 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 9, 2016, 15:41 local time - Place: Deland, FL - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10 - Aircraft: N24HV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24HV) (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 PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER - Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6A SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160409003849I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A 14 CFR PART 65 CERTIFICATED AIRMEN WITH A PRIVATE PILOT ENDORSEMENT AND IS A PARACHUTE INSTRUCTOR WITH OVER 12.000 JUMPS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED N24HV SERIAL NO. 109, A DEHAVILLAND, MODEL DHC-6 TWIN OTTER ON 09 APRIL 2016 AT ABOUT 13500 FT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED ONE OF HIS PARACHUTES CONTROL HANDLES WAS SNAGGED ON HIS CHUTE AND HAD PARTIAL CONTROL OF THE CHUTE. THIS RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING WERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FRACTURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE. SERGEANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASSIGNED TO THE DELAND POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS THE RESPONDING OFFICER ON SCENE. WHEN THE SGT. ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE PARACHUTE IT WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EMPLOYEE AT SKY DIVE DELAND TOLD THE POLICE SGT. THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE THE PARACHUTE, PER THE FAA, AND IT HAD ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED BY SOMEONE AND LOCKED IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LOCKER ALONG WITH HIS HELMET CAMERA. SKY DIVE DELAND OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED DURING THE INVESTIGATION AND BECAME VERY CONFRONTATIONAL. HE STATED HE HAS TALKED TO THE FSDO 15 MANAGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND SHE STATED THE POLICE HAVE NO RIGHT TO COLLECT THE CHUTE WHEN THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT OCCURS. SGT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CALLED THE ROC, WHO CONTACTED ME. I WAS PLACED ON A THREE WAY CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND SGT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TALKING OVER US CONTINUOUSLY. I EXPLAINED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND THE SGT. WHEN A SKYDIVER IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, THE FIRST STEP BY THE FAA IS TO DETERMINE IF ANY REGULATIONS WERE VIOLATED. THE FAA WILL EXAMINE THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND ROUTE OF THE FLIGHT; THE CERTIFICATION OF THE PILOT; THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE AIRCRAFT; AND WILL ENSURE THAT THE PARACHUTES WERE PACKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS. IF THE FAA DOES NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF REGULATORY VIOLATION, IT WILL DEFER ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE ACCIDENT THEN BECOMES A LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATION, AND THE FAA HAS NO FURTHER INVOLVEMENT. IF THE FAA DETERMINES ONE OR MORE OF THE REGULATIONS WERE VIOLATED, IT WILL LAUNCH A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION INTO THE AREAS UNDER ITS REGULATORY CONTROL, WHICH CONCERN THE AIRCRAFT, ITS PILOT, MECHANIC, THE LOCATION OR TIMING OF THE JUMP, AND THE PARACHUTE RIGGING. THE OWNER EXPRESSED SOME DISSATISFACTION WITH MY EXPLANATION; BUT THE POLICE SGT. WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE PARACHUTE. ## Other reports on N24HV (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20221003015919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221003015919I), Oct 3, 2022: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N24HV), Deland, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. Fatal skydiving incident due to medical emergency causing the skydiver to lose consciousness. - [Accident 20050423006719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050423006719A), Apr 23, 2005: Dhav DHC6300 (N24HV), Deland, FL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) After parachute jumper [privacy data omitted] exited the jump airplane, it descended and was maneuvering to land at Deland airport when the airplane hit… - [Incident 20050104000769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050104000769I), Jan 4, 2005: Dhav DHC6* (N24HV), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) On January 4, 2004, at the Deland municipal airport, Deland, Florida, skydiver [privacy data omitted], a foreigner from prague, czech republic was… 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.