What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Jumper failed to open chute until too near to ground.
As the FAA filed it
JUMPER FAILED TO OPEN CHUTE UNTIL TOO NEAR TO GROUND.
FAA incident report · Aircraft · Sheridan, OR · September 7, 1985
- Date
- September 7, 1985 · 11:30 local
- Place
- Sheridan, OR
- Phase of flight
- Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules
- Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft
- NR346
- People aboard
- 3
- 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.