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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Apollo, PA · August 22, 1982

Date
August 22, 1982 · 09:15 local
Place
Apollo, PA
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR259
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.

Parachutist became tangled in anothers canopy. Both cutaway main chutes, unable to free himself,reserve also fouled

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTIST BECAME TANGLED IN ANOTHERS CANOPY. BOTH CUTAWAY MAIN CHUTES, UNABLE TO FREE HIMSELF,RESERVE ALSO FOULED