# Incident 19960317009869I: Bell 206B, Marquette, MI, March 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1996, 15:30 local time
- Place: Marquette, MI
- Airport: Marquette County
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 46.5339° N, 87.5614° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Marquette Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5339&lon=-87.5614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101CD-1998-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 206B (registry code 1181511, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960317009869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MARQUETTE MOUNTAIN, MI. ON MARCH 17, 1996, AT 1530 EDT A PARACHUTIST, DAVID R. BLONDEAU, OF 220 EDGEWOOD TRAIL, MARQUETTE MICHIGAN , DOB 3/20/55, SUSTAINED 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS OVER 30% OF HIS BODY. THE PARACHUTIST CAME INTO CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES, WHILE MAKING A SPORT PARACHUTE JUMP FROM A BELL 206 HELICOPTER, N101CD, OWNED BY IRON RANGE AVIATION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY THE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED PILOT, STEPHEN BLONDEAU. THE PARACHUTIST STATEMENT WAS "HE DIDN'T SEE THE POWER LINES UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO CORRECT HIS DESCENT". THE TSO'D EMERGENCY PARACHUTE MAKE-PARA FLIGHT SWIFT PLUS, S/N R63039 WAS NOT USED AND WAS PROPERLY RE-PACKED ON JANUARY 6, 1966 BY SENIOR RIGGER GARY ZATTLOW, 394485292 SEAL #4-1990. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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