# NTSB Accident FTW01LA132
> **de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter** · 2001-05-27 · Fentress, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW01LA132
- **Event ID:** 20010601X01046
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-05-27
- **Location:** Fentress, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.749361, -97.779968
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 22
- **Total aboard:** 23
## Aircraft
- **Make:** de Havilland
- **Model:** DHC-6 Twin Otter
- **Registration:** N125PM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the King Air pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision in that he failed to remain in the agreed on formation position, resulting in one of his skydiver's contacting the propeller of the de Havilland airplane.  A  contributing factor was the lack of total experience of both pilots in multiengine formation air drop flights.

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