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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter · Acampo, CA · September 14, 2017

Date
September 14, 2017 · 13:00 local
Place
Acampo, CA
Airport
Lodi
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N97DZ
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A single parachute fatality occurred at approximately 1300 PDT at Lodi parachute center Lodi, CA. Parachutist privacy data omitted exited airplane N97DZ wearing a swift 2 squirrel wingsuit and a wing brand rig with a strom brand parachute. Parachutist jumped at approx. 3000 feet. In the video of the event it appears that the parachute did open but did not fully deploy correctly which developed into a left rotation spin. He was unable to recover from the spin which lead him to impact a horse trailer. When first responders got to the scene he had a head injury but was breathing. He was transported to local hospital where he was placed in critical condition. He passed away 5 days later. privacy data omitted (Owner of parachute center Lodi) says privacy data omitted was not a club member.

As the FAA filed it

A SINGLE PARACHUTE FATALITY OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 PDT AT LODI PARACHUTE CENTER LODI, CA. PARACHUTIST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED AIRPLANE N97DZ WEARING A SWIFT 2 SQUIRREL WINGSUIT AND A WING BRAND RIG WITH A STROM BRAND PARACHUTE. PARACHUTIST JUMPED AT APPROX. 3000 FEET. IN THE VIDEO OF THE EVENT IT APPEARS THAT THE PARACHUTE DID OPEN BUT DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY CORRECTLY WHICH DEVELOPED INTO A LEFT ROTATION SPIN. HE WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM THE SPIN WHICH LEAD HIM TO IMPACT A HORSE TRAILER. WHEN FIRST RESPONDERS GOT TO THE SCENE HE HAD A HEAD INJURY BUT WAS BREATHING. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PLACED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HE PASSED AWAY 5 DAYS LATER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (OWNER OF PARACHUTE CENTER LODI) SAYS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT A CLUB MEMBER.