# Incident 20230428002639I: Dehavilland DHC-6-200, Fentress, TX, April 28, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2023, 12:25 local time
- Place: Fentress, TX
- Airport: Fentress Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.7683° N, 97.7753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FENTRESS AIRPARK (XS90), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7683&lon=-97.7753&mi=10
- Aircraft: N690MF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N690MF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (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-6-200
- People aboard: 0
- 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/20230428002639I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 28TH,2023. AT APPROXIMATELY 1225 PM A PARACHUTE JUMPER PERISHED WHILE JUMPING AT FENTRESS AIRPARK. TEXAS. HIS MAIN PARACHUTE OPENED AND FAILED. HE DEPLOYED THE RESERVE PARCHUTE, BECAME ENTANGLED IN IT WHICH CAUSED IT TO FAIL. HE IMPACTED THE GROUND AND PERISHED.

INDIVIDUAL PERISHED PERFORMING A PARACHUTE JUMP IN FENTRESS TX, APRIL 28TH 2023. THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS A VELOCITY 96. SERIAL NUMBER VE-096 MANUFACTURED BY PERFORMANCE DESIGNS  INC. ON 12/2006. THE CONTAINER WAS A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SERIAL NUMBER 63419 MANUFACTURED ON 3/10/2016. TYPE BACK. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MANUFACTURED JUNE 20098 SERIAL NUMBER 002467. WHILE IN FREE FALL THE JUMPER DEPLOYED HIS MAIN CANOPY. THE PARACHUTE OPENED AND THE FRONT RIGHT HAND SUSPENSION LINES FAILED, SEPARATED IN TENSION. THIS CAUSED THE PARACHUTE AND JUMPER TO SPIN. WHILE IN A SPINNING MOTION THE JUMPER DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE. THE JUMPERS LEGS BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE SUSPENSION LINES OF THE RESERVE WHICH PREVENTED THE PARACHUTE FROM PROPERLY FUNCTIONING AND ARRESTING HIS FALL. HE IMPACTED THE GROUND. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE PARACHUTE. IT WAS FOUND TO BE WORN AND DISCOLORED FROM UV EXPOSURE POTENTIALLY CAUSEING DETERIATION OF FABRIC AND OTHER MATERIALS.

## Other reports on N690MF (2)

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

- [Incident 20070317004969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070317004969I), Mar 17, 2007: Dhav DHC6200 (N690MF), Dublin, GA, 2 fatal. (-23) 10 Skydivers had exited two aircraft. With chutes open and descending through about 500' two of the skydivers were maneuvering to a traffic pattern for…
- [Incident 20020407005829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020407005829I), Apr 7, 2002: Dhav DHC6 (N690MF), Rosharon, TX. (-23) Skydiver injured during parachute landing after making 360 degree turn too close to ground. Broken leg and internal injuries. No aircraft damage or other…

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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