# Incident 20250502004559I: Dehavilland DHC-6-200, Eloy, AZ, May 2, 2025 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 2, 2025, 11:00 local time - Place: Eloy, AZ - Airport: Eloy Municipal - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Unknown - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10 - Aircraft: N204BD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N204BD) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DHC-6-200 - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250502004559I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON MAY 2, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM MST, A PARACHUTE JUMPER AT ELOY AIRPORT (E60) IN ELOY, ARIZONA, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AFTER FAILING TO DEPLOY HIS PARACHUTE. THE JUMPER, A 76-YEAR-OLD MALE, HAD SIGNIFICANT SKYDIVING EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING OVER 1,000 LOGGED JUMPS. ELOY POLICE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE THE SAME DAY TO RECOVER THE BODY AND GATHER EVIDENCE. THE COLLECTED EVIDENCE INCLUDED VIDEO FOOTAGE SHOWING THE VICTIM CALMLY EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, DISPLAYING NO APPARENT ABNORMALITIES AS SEEN FROM THE VIEW OF THE OTHER JUMPERS. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE INDICATED THE PARACHUTIST IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT AND A SHALLOW ANGLE, CAUSING THE BODY TO TRAVEL A SHORT DISTANCE AFTER INITIAL IMPACT. WITNESS STATEMENTS GATHERED BY DETECTIVES INDICATE THE PARACHUTIST MAINTAINED CONTROL OF HIS BODY POSITION THROUGHOUT THE DESCENT, WITH ARMS AND LEGS POSITIONED NORMALLY. WITNESSES NOTED THAT NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DEPLOY EITHER THE MAIN OR RESERVE PARACHUTES DURING THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE JUMP. A THOROUGH INSPECTION OF THE PARACHUTE SYSTEM BY A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT (DESIGNATED PARACHUTE RIGGER EXAMINER AND MASTER RIGGER) REVEALED NO DEFECTS OR MALFUNCTIONS IN EITHER THE MAIN OR RESERVE PARACHUTE OR THEIR RELEASE DEVICES THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED DEPLOYMENT. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE PARACHUTING OPERATION, A DHC-9 REGISTERED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ITS PILOT WERE NOT THE FOCUS OF THIS INVESTIGATION, AS THEY WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE PLAYED NO CONTRIBUTING ROLE IN THE INCIDENT. PINAL COUNTY FORENSIC EXAMINATION REPORT CASE #2025003682 RESULTS, CAUSE OF DEATH MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE TRAMA, MULTI-DRUG PANEL NEGATIVE. ## Other reports on N204BD (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20260321003969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260321003969I), Mar 21, 2026: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. On March 21, 2026, between approximately 1255 and 1303 MST (1955Z–2003Z), a parachutist employed by [privacy data omitted] was conducting video recording… - [Incident 20150523011959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150523011959I), May 23, 2015: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. Skydiver was participating in a 16 man formation jump which was practice for a larger 100 way attempt. The exit from the aircraft and formation portion of the… - [Incident 20140403006159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140403006159I), Apr 3, 2014: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. During a 222 way skydiving formation attempt the jumper flew in the formation and deployed her canopy at approximately 2000 AGL. Witnesses stated they observed… - [Incident 20050216005289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050216005289I), Feb 16, 2005: Dhav DHC6200 (N204BD), Eloy, AZ, 1 fatal. (-23) Multiple skydivers left aircraft and were farther away from landing area than were able to travel back under canopy to land. One of the other skydivers… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.