42.5512° N, 94.1918° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FORT DODGE RGNL (FOD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 5, 1994 · 19:42 local
Place
Fort Dodge, IA
Airport
Fort Dodge Municipal
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR980
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.
Jumper observed normal chute until 100FT began circle. Fell to ground. Type could cause lost lift in steep turn.
As the FAA filed it
JUMPER OBSERVED NORMAL CHUTE UNTIL 100FT BEGAN CIRCLE. FELL TO GROUND. TYPE COULD CAUSE LOST LIFT IN STEEP TURN.