19960106005089I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Marana, AZ · January 6, 1996

Date: January 6, 1996 · 16:50 local
Place: Marana, AZ
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UR036
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.

Narrative: on jan. 6, 1996, Mr. Jim sprinkle was fatally wounded when he was making a parachute jump. Witnesses stated that Mr. Sprinkle was attempting a hard turn at approximately 300 ft. AGL. Causing his chute to stall. At approximately 150 ft. AGL, he cut free of his main parachute and deployed his reserve. The reserve did not have enough altitude to fully deploy. Mr. Sprinkle had over 3000 jumps and was a parachute instructor. The parachute logs were properly documented.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JAN. 6, 1996, MR. JIM SPRINKLE WAS FATALLY WOUNDED WHEN HE WAS MAKING A PARACHUTE JUMP. WITNESSES STATED THAT MR. SPRINKLE WAS ATTEMPTING A HARD TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FT. AGL. CAUSING HIS CHUTE TO STALL. AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FT. AGL, HE CUT FREE OF HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE. THE RESERVE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO FULLY DEPLOY. MR. SPRINKLE HAD OVER 3000 JUMPS AND WAS A PARACHUTE INSTRUCTOR. THE PARACHUTE LOGS WERE PROPERLY DOCUMENTED.