What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Skydiver fatality. Chute failed to open.
As the FAA filed it
SKYDIVER FATALITY. CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN.
FAA incident report · Doug DC3 · Zephyrhills, FL · November 5, 1978
- Date
- November 5, 1978 · 11:05 local
- Place
- Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Descent
- Operating rules
- Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft
- N102ZP
- Reported as
- Doug DC3
- People aboard
- 16
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 1,860 total450 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.