# Incident 20180615007919I: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, Ottawa, IL, June 15, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2018, 16:45 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Airport: Skydive Chicago
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3998° N, 88.7939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYDIVE CHICAGO (8N2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3998&lon=-88.7939&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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180615007919I

## Narrative

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

THE DUPAGE FSDO WAS NOTIFIED OF PARACHUTE INCIDENT: ON JUNE 15, 2018, REGINALD HURLBUT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES FROM A SKYDIVING INCIDENT AT SKYDIVE CHICAGO, OTTAWA, ILLINOIS, FOLLOWING A WINGSUIT/FORMATION JUMP. WITNESSES OBSERVED AND GO-PRO VIDEO FOOTAGE CONFIRMED THAT MR. HURLBUT'S PARACHUTE DEPLOYED NORMALLY BUT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SPINNING TO THE LEFT, CAUSING TWISTING OF THE CANOPY LINES. THIS RENDERED THE MAIN CHUTE INEFFECTIVE AND THE PARACHUTIST FELL TO THE GROUND. THE MAIN CHUTE WAS NOT JETTISONED AND THE EMERGENCY CHUTE WAS NOT DEPLOYED PRIOR TO IMPACT. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ATTEMPTED RESUSCITATION EFFORTS WITHOUT SUCCESS.

DOCUMENTATION RECOVERED AT THE SCENE IDENTIFIED MR. HURLBUT AS A CANADIAN CITIZEN AND CANADIAN SPORT PARACHUTING ASSOCIATION MEMBER #5232.

STATEMENT FROM USPA/SKYDIVE CHICAGO FATALITY REPORT: "JUMPER HAD LOGGED 4,000 PLUS JUMPS OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS. HE HAD BEEN WINGSUITING FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS LOGGING THOUSANDS OF WINGSUIT JUMPS. HE HELD MULTIPLE WINGSUIT RECORDS AND HAD MULTIPLE WINGSUIT MALFUNCTIONS".

## Other reports on N30EA (7)

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

- [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 20160322004779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160322004779I), Mar 22, 2016: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (N30EA), Zephyrhills, FL, No damage. 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…
- [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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