# Incident 20180602007519I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Orange, MA, June 2, 2018 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 2, 2018, 18:35 local time - Place: Orange, MA - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 42.6052° N, 72.2922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6052&lon=-72.2922&mi=10 - Aircraft: N121PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121PM) (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/20180602007519I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. JUNE 4, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM FAA C-ROC NOTIFIED INSPECTOR WILSON OF A FATAL PARACHUTE INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED ON SATURDAY JUNE 2, 2018, AT ORANGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (KORE) ORANGE, MA. SKYDIVING BUSINESS IS NAMED "JUMPTOWN" AND THEY OPERATED A DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 TWIN OTTER AIRCRAFT WHICH HAD DEPARTED KORE AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS EST WITH 22 SOULS ON BOARD, WHICH INCLUDED TWO PILOTS, TWO PARACHUTE INSTRUCTORS, AND 18 STUDENT PARACHUTE JUMPERS ON BOARD. ALL ACCELERATED FREE FALL (AFF) PARACHUTE JUMPERS EXITED AIRCRAFT AROUND 13,000 FEET AGL. ONE STUDENT PARACHUTE JUMPER, ATTEMPTING 4TH SOLO JUMP, AFTER SUCCESSFUL PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT, VEERED OFF COURSE FROM TARGET KORE LANDING ZONE. ON ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT AN ALTERNATE LOCATION (OFFSITE FIELD), THE JUMPER IMPACTED A BARN, AND SUSTAINED MULTIPLE SERIOUS LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO LOCAL ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THEN MED-E-VAC AIRLIFT TRANSPORTED TO UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL, LOCATED IN WORCESTER, MA. THE VICTIM WAS LATER DECLARED DECEASED ON MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2018. JUMPER?S NAME IS ALEXIS ZAYAS, DATE OF BIRTH IS MARCH 26, 1991. JUMPER INDICATED TO JUMPTOWN THAT SHE HAD 6 PREVIOUS JUMPS PRIOR TO ATTENDING JUMPTOWN?S ACCELERATED FREEFALL CAMP (AFF CAMP). DURING THE AFF CAMP AT JUMPTOWN THE JUMPER RECIEVED ONE TANDEM JUMP AND STARTED SOLO JUMPS. JUMPER WAS ON HER FOURTH SOLO JUMP AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. JUMPTOWN IS OPERATED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB (SPC) ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE. THE PARACHUTE INVOLVED IS A PERFORMANCE DESIGNS NAVIGATOR 240, 9-CELL STUDENT CANOPY. DATE OF MANUFACTURER APRIL, 2005, PART NUMBER NA0240P02, SERIAL NUMBER 240-001903. JUMPTOWN'S PACKING LOG INDICATES THIS CHUTE WAS PACKED ON MAY 13, 2018. THE RESERVE CHUTE IS A TECHNICAL STANDARD ORDER (TSO) C-23D, PRECISION AERODYNAMIC INC. MODEL SUPERRAVEN 294-MA, SERIAL NUMBER, 57935821, MANUFACTURED APRIL, 1999. THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS LAST PACKED ON 14 APRIL, 2018 BY MASTER RIGGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS NOT DEPLOYED. ## Other reports on N121PM (7) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20121121024769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121121024769I), Nov 21, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N121PM), Williamstown, NJ, No damage, 1 fatal. At approximately 1434 hours a call was received from a farmer to the monroe township, NJ police department. The farmer found a skydiver in his field. The… - [Incident 20121111023519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121111023519I), Nov 11, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N121PM), Williamstown, NJ, No damage. At approximately 10:30 am, [privacy data omitted], 54, a licensed skydiver, made a skydive in Williamstown, NJ at skydive Cross Keys. He exited the plane… - [Incident 20120930019759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120930019759I), Sep 30, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N121PM), Williamstown, NJ, No damage. At approximately 12:30PM, a licensed skydiver who holds a uspa c-license with about approximately 255 jumps, made a skydive in Williamstown, NJ at skydive… - [Incident 20120922021189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120922021189I), Sep 22, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N121PM), Williamstown, NJ, No damage. At approximately 12:00PM,[privacy data omitted] a licensed skydiver with about 50 jumps, made a skydive in Williamstown, NJ at skydive Cross Keys. The skydiver… - [Incident 20120811018789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120811018789I), Aug 11, 2012: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N121PM), Williamstown, NJ, No damage. 1. Name of jumper: [privacy data omitted]2. Experience & training of jumper: 1400 jumps and has a "d" license from the USPA3. Club affiliation: NONE4.… - [Accident 19901209053309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901209053309A), Dec 9, 1990: Dhav DHC6100 (N121PM), Perris, CA, Substantial damage. Lost left engine after liftoff. Aborted. Overran open field into trees. Left turbine failed. Right engine problem. - [Incident 19850924065669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850924065669I), Sep 24, 1985: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N121PM), New Haven, CT. Cockpit filled with smoke from windshield wiper heat control panel. Resistor had burned out on low speed wiper. 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. 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