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FAA incident report · Aircraft · Keystone Height, FL · May 21, 1995

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Date
May 21, 1995 · 12:05 local
Place
Keystone Height, FL
Airport
Keystone Airpark Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
NR997
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Narrative: Mr. Wadsworth was a novice sports parachutist. He had between 35-55 jumps. He did not own his own parachute equipment but routinely utilized rental or borrowed gear. He did not hold a uspa class license. It was reported that his activity in the sport was just enough to maintain uspa drop zone currency. This is not necessarily enough activity to maintain proficiency. He was trained at Keystone air sports by static line progression method. He did the majority or all of his skydiving at Keystone air sports. He was utilizing a relative work shop, wonder hog harness and container assy. The main was a square 9 cell falcon of approx 280 ft. the reserve was a 26' navy conical. The packing data card indicated that the reserve was repacked on 5/11/95. The material condition of the suspension line stows indicate that this was not a factual entry. Additionally the packing data card did not indicate that the reserve container had been repaired or that the harness had been modified by the removal of the belly band. These items were neither casual, nor contributory to this incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: MR. WADSWORTH WAS A NOVICE SPORTS PARACHUTIST. HE HAD BETWEEN 35-55 JUMPS. HE DID NOT OWN HIS OWN PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT BUT ROUTINELY UTILIZED RENTAL OR BORROWED GEAR. HE DID NOT HOLD A USPA CLASS LICENSE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT HIS ACTIVITY IN THE SPORT WAS JUST ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN USPA DROP ZONE CURRENCY. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ENOUGH ACTIVITY TO MAINTAIN PROFICIENCY. HE WAS TRAINED AT KEYSTONE AIR SPORTS BY STATIC LINE PROGRESSION METHOD. HE DID THE MAJORITY OR ALL OF HIS SKYDIVING AT KEYSTONE AIR SPORTS. HE WAS UTILIZING A RELATIVE WORK SHOP, WONDER HOG HARNESS AND CONTAINER ASSY. THE MAIN WAS A SQUARE 9 CELL FALCON OF APPROX 280 FT. THE RESERVE WAS A 26' NAVY CONICAL. THE PACKING DATA CARD INDICATED THAT THE RESERVE WAS REPACKED ON 5/11/95. THE MATERIAL CONDITION OF THE SUSPENSION LINE STOWS INDICATE THAT THIS WAS NOT A FACTUAL ENTRY. ADDITIONALLY THE PACKING DATA CARD DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE RESERVE CONTAINER HAD BEEN REPAIRED OR THAT THE HARNESS HAD BEEN MODIFIED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE BELLY BAND. THESE ITEMS WERE NEITHER CASUAL, NOR CONTRIBUTORY TO THIS INCIDENT.