42.4654° N, 88.4344° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hebron, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 9, 1982 · 19:18 local
Place
Hebron, IL
Airport
Hebron
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR255
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.
Skydiver's main chute partly deployed, spun. Unable to cut away. Jumper deployed reserve which tangled with main.
As the FAA filed it
SKYDIVER'S MAIN CHUTE PARTLY DEPLOYED, SPUN. UNABLE TO CUT AWAY. JUMPER DEPLOYED RESERVE WHICH TANGLED WITH MAIN.