19780708043149I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Jackson, GA · July 8, 1978

Date
July 8, 1978 · 16:30 local
Place
Jackson, GA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR149
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Jumper killed when parachute failed to open. Green star low speed parachute. Reserve rip cord in place.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER KILLED WHEN PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN. GREEN STAR LOW SPEED PARACHUTE. RESERVE RIP CORD IN PLACE.