| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | Wednesday 17 September 2014 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Dornier Do-128-G92 Turbo Skyservant |
| Operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Walter M-601D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Varrelbusch Airport (VAC) ( Germany)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Varrelbusch Airfield (VAC/EDWU), Germany |
| Varrelbusch Airfield (VAC/EDWU), Germany |
The Skyservant operated on a skydiving flight out of Varrelbusch Airport, Germany. A skydiver was standing in the doorway when his parachute opened. He was sucked out of the airplane and impacted the horizontal stabilizer. He cut away his parachute and opened his reserve parachute for a safe landing.
The horizontal stabilizer sustained substantial damage.
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