40.2796° N, 86.5379° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Frankfort, IN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 22, 1990 · 16:40 local
Place
Frankfort, IN
Airport
Frankfort Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9945R
Reported as
Beech D50C
People aboard
6
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.
Jumpers main chute only partially deployed. Reserve chute became entangled in main chute and never opened.
As the FAA filed it
JUMPERS MAIN CHUTE ONLY PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. RESERVE CHUTE BECAME ENTANGLED IN MAIN CHUTE AND NEVER OPENED.