29 JUL 2006 DHC-6 Twin Otter N203E Quantum Leap Skydiving, near Sullivan, MO (USA),  6(8)

Status: Preliminary Date: 29 JUL 2006 Time: ca 14:00 Type: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 Operating for: Quantum Leap Skydiving Center Owner (FAA registry): Adventure Aviation Registration: N203E C/n / msn: 53 First flight: 1967-06-14 Crew: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 Passengers: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 Total: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 Airplane damage: Written off Location: Sullivan Regional Airport ( United States of America) Phase: Initial climb Nature: Parachuting Departure airport: Sullivan Regional Airport, MO / KUUV), United States of America Destination airport: Sullivan Regional Airport, MO / KUUV), United States of America Narrative: Twin Otter N203E departed Sullivan Regional carrying seven skydivers. Immediately after takeoff from runway 21 witnesses heard a popping sound. The Twin Otter lost height, contacted a utility pole, a tree and crashed next to a house at 1039 North and South Road. sources: FAA accident data Sky divers' plane crashes, killing 6 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch 29-7-2006) -------------------------------------------- AIRCRAFT PROFILE DE HAVILLAND CANADA DHC-6 TWIN OTTER * Last hull-loss accident: 21 JUN 2006 Yeti Airlines, near Jumla, Nepal - 9 fatalities * Total number of hull-losses: 244 losses (219 accidents, 15 other occurrences (destroyed on ground/shot down) and 10 unknown occurrences) * 74th worst DHC-6 accident * Survival rate for all fatal DHC-6 accidents: on average 29,6% of all occupants survived fatal accidents -------------------------------------------- OPERATOR PROFILE QUANTUM LEAP U.S. skydiving center in Sullivan, MO * web site: http://www.skydivequantumleap.com/ * fleet: 1 DHC-6 Twin Otter (now crashed) and one Cessna 210-5A (205) * founded: 1993 * 1st airliner hull-loss accident