33.6330° N, 117.3016° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 6, 1979 · 06:15 local
Place
Lake Elsinore, CA
Airport
Skylark
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR246
People aboard
1
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 in night jump. Both chutes appeared free of defects.
As the FAA filed it
JUMPER KILLED IN NIGHT JUMP. BOTH CHUTES APPEARED FREE OF DEFECTS.