# Incident 19960302007249I: Amargosa, NV, March 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Amargosa, NV
- Airport: Jackass Aeropark Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.5697° N, 116.1584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amargosa, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5697&lon=-116.1584&mi=10
- Aircraft: UR042 (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/19960302007249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1996, AT 15:15 EST, INSPECTOR DONALD F. MILLER, AEA-FSDO-23, WITNESSED THE OPENING OF THE PARACHUTE WHICH MR. DONALD KIEFNER WAS USING FOR THE JUMP AT THE JACK ASS AIRPORT IN NEVADA. THE DUFFEL BAG WHICH THE CHUTE WAS PACKED IN WAS OPENED IN THE SECOND FLOOR EXAMINING ROOM AT THE TONAWANDA POLICE STATION IN TONAWANDA, NEW YORK. MR. PAUL GATH, SENIOR RIGGER #12132366, WHO IS THE SAFETY AND TRAINING ADVISOR FOR THE WESTERN NEW YORK CHAPTER AND AN INSTRUCTOR EXAMINER, #D4924, CONDUCTED THE INSPECTION OF THE CHUTE. LIEUTENANT JAMES CARNEY OF THE TONAWANDA POLICE WAS ALSO PRESENT AND HAS CUSTODY OF THE CHUTE. THE PARACHUTE RECORD LOG, WHICH WAS COPIED BY O. BOYD, WAS INCORRECT FOR THE RESERVE CHUTE AND OUT OF THE 120 DAY REQUIREMENT OF FAR 105.43 (A)(1). THE RECORD LOG FOUND IN THE RESERVE CHUTE POCKET WAS ALSO OUT OF THE REQUIRED 120 DAY INSPECTION. WHEN THE PARACHUTE WAS REMOVED FROM THE DUFFEL BAG, THE THROW-OUT SPRING WAS ALREADY DEPLOYED BUT THE RESERVE PACK WAS STILL INTACT EXCEPT THE "D" RING AND LANYARD SECURING THE PACK WAS MISSING. THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS MANUFACTURED BY PARA-FLITE, S/N RS-2197. THE MAIN CHUTE WHEN OPENED WAS CONSIDERED UNAIRWORTHY DUE TO MANY PATCHES AND POOR CONDITION BY MR. PAUL GATH. THE MAIN CHUTE WAS MANUFACTURED BY DETANGO ON MARCH 29, 1985. THE MODEL IS DRAGON FLY AND THE S/N IS D122. MR. KIEFNER HAD APPROXIMATELY 35 JUMPS.

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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