42.5356° N, 72.5351° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Montague, MA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
April 27, 1991 · 16:30 local
Place
Montague, MA
Airport
Turner Falls Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3947G
Reported as
Cessna U206C
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.
Jumpers chute opened normally. Held turn too long on descent. Landed downwind. Impact injuries were later fatal.
As the FAA filed it
JUMPERS CHUTE OPENED NORMALLY.HELD TURN TOO LONG ON DESCENT. LANDED DOWNWIND. IMPACT INJURIES WERE LATER FATAL.