# Incident 19870712065199I: Piper PA31, Somonauk, IL, July 12, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1987, 13:45 local time
- Place: Somonauk, IL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.6347° N, 88.6875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Somonauk, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6347&lon=-88.6875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N126AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N126AC-1991-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,170 total, 140 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870712065199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SINGLE JUMPER COLLIDED WITH TANDEM JUMPER. SUSPECT TANDEM JUMPER WAS DISABLED. BOTH IMPACTED THE GROUND.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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