41.6501° N, 88.6190° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandwich, IL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 21, 1982 · 18:00 local
Place
Sandwich, IL
Airport
Sandwich
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR261
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.
Out of sequence opening fouled main chute. Reserve chute partly opened. Possibly tangled with main chute.
As the FAA filed it
OUT OF SEQUENCE OPENING FOULED MAIN CHUTE. RESERVE CHUTE PARTLY OPENED. POSSIBLY TANGLED WITH MAIN CHUTE.