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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Umatilla, FL · July 28, 1987

Date
July 28, 1987 · 18:30 local
Place
Umatilla, FL
Airport
Umatilla
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3988J
Reported as
Cessna 150G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Main chute cut away and reserve failed to open. Packing pin was inadvertently left inside by jumper packer.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN CHUTE CUT AWAY AND RESERVE FAILED TO OPEN. PACKING PIN WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT INSIDE BY JUMPER PACKER.