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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Belen, NM · April 2, 1994

Date
April 2, 1994 · 12:30 local
Place
Belen, NM
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR938
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total6,000 in this make and model30 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Parachutists were killed on impact when their chutes did not open in a tandem jump. Unable to determine cause.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTISTS WERE KILLED ON IMPACT WHEN THEIR CHUTES DID NOT OPEN IN A TANDEM JUMP. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.