# Incident 20170914021679I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Acampo, CA, September 14, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Airport: Lodi
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- 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: N97DZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170914021679I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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