33.7646° N, 117.2190° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 16, 1981 · 12:15 local
Place
Perris Valley, CA
Airport
Perris Valley
Phase of flight
Formation Flying
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR137
Reported as
Doug DC3
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.
Fatality. Parachutist making static jump held pilot chute which foulded reservechute. Main chute T-10, reserve T-7A
As the FAA filed it
FATALITY. PARACHUTIST MAKING STATIC JUMP HELD PILOT CHUTE WHICH FOULDED RESERVECHUTE. MAIN CHUTE T-10, RESERVE T-7A