# Incident 19940905036739I: Fort Dodge, IA, September 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1994, 19:42 local time
- Place: Fort Dodge, IA
- Airport: Fort Dodge Municipal
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.5512° N, 94.1918° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT DODGE RGNL (FOD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5512&lon=-94.1918&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR980 (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940905036739I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

JUMPER OBSERVED NORMAL CHUTE UNTIL 100FT BEGAN CIRCLE. FELL TO GROUND. TYPE COULD CAUSE LOST LIFT IN STEEP TURN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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