# Incident 19960127026239I: Perris, CA, January 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1996, 09:38 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.7825° N, 117.2286° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perris, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7825&lon=-117.2286&mi=10
- Aircraft: UR060 (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/19960127026239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NAME: ^PRIVACY DATA O^ (DECEASED) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^       ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CLUB AFFILIATION: USPA EXPERIENCE: 4476 JUMPS  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTES AND PACKING RECORD: MAIN PARACHUTE: PARA-FLITE, MODEL TURBO-2-185, SERIAL #T2-3684 DATE PACKED 01/13/96, BY DECEASED. CANOPY CONDITION GOOD. DATE OF MANUFACTURE NOVEMBER 1993. THE DECEASED WAS DONNED WITH A SUB HARNESS TO CARRY A BANNER IN A BAG POSITIONED AS A BUTT BAG. HE WAS A MEMBER OF A SKYDIVING DEMONSTRATION TEAM WHO CARRIED BANNERS AND FLAGS DURING THEIR SHOW. LARRY LANGRAND WAS PRACTICING WITH SUCH BANNERS WITH A FRIEND AT THE TIME OF HIS FATALITY. THE BANNER SYSTEM WAS RIGGED WITH A DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM ON THE LEFT AND A BANNER RELEASE SYSTEM ON THE RIGHT. THE BANNER RELEASE SYSTEM WAS A LANYARD COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BUTT BAG TO CLIP ONTO THE RIGHT SIDE LEG STRAP ADAPTER OVER THE OUTSIDE OF THE THROW OUT PILOT CHUTE POCKET, THE LANYARD SYSTEM WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN ORANGE COLORED BALL. THE HANDLE FOR THE PILOT CHUTE WAS THE STANDARD ORANGE TUBING. LARRY AND A FRIEND EXITED THE PLANE AT 12500 FEET TO FREEFALL TO 3000 FEET WHERE THE PLAN WAS TO DEPLOY THE BANNERS AND FLY AROUND EACH  OTHER UNDER CANOPY. IT IS ASSUMED THE DECEASED PULLED THE LANYARD ORANGE BALL INSTEAD OF THE PILOT CHUTE HANDLE, POSSIBLY GIVING THE LANYARD MORE SLACK. REALIZING THE INCORRECT MANEUVER IT IS THEN EVIDENT THE DECEASED PULLED THE PILOT CHUTE OUT OF THE POCKET BUT REACHED FOR IT OVER LANYARD INSTEAD OF UNDERNEATH CAUSING THE MAIN BRIDLE TO BE DIRECTED UNDER THE ATTACHED LANYARD. IT IS THEN ASSUMED THE DECEASED CONDUCTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR THE BANNER WHICH WAS TO RELEASE THE CLIP ON THE LIG STRAP HARDWARE. THE PROBLEM CREATED IS THE BANNER IS NOT RELEASED AND HAS AN ANCHOR POINT AT THE CLOSED BUTT BAG. THE LANYARD THEN WRAPPED AROUND THE BRIDLE. THE DECEASED THEN CUTAWAY AND PULLED HIS RESERVE HANDLE.  IT SEEMS THE LANYARD WRAPPED AROUND THE RESERVE CANOPY AND FREE BAG TO CHOKE IT OFF WITH THE RESERVE NEVER LEAVING THE BAG AND TWO CLOSING STOWS STILL IN PLACE.  THE RESERVE PILOT CHUTE WAS OBSERVED ABOUT 5 FEET OFF THE BACK OF THE DECEASED IN TOW ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE GROUND. IT IS THOUGHT ALSO, HE MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PULL THE CANOPIES OFF HIS BACK. HE THEN LANDED FLAT AND STABLE ON THE TARMAC OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD CLOSE TO TOWN.

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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