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. Scott ribar, a parachute jumper on his 3rd jump, affiliated with free fall adventures, landed using his emergency chute in a heavy wooded area, was suspended from the trees by his parachute. Scott loosened his leg straps before loosening his chest straps and was strangled by his check straps. His parachute was a ram air parachute on loan from parachute equipment corp., vincentown, NJ. Incident closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: MR. SCOTT RIBAR, A PARACHUTE JUMPER ON HIS 3RD JUMP, AFFILIATED WITH FREE FALL ADVENTURES, LANDED USING HIS EMERGENCY CHUTE IN A HEAVY WOODED AREA, WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE TREES BY HIS PARACHUTE. SCOTT LOOSENED HIS LEG STRAPS BEFORE LOOSENING HIS CHEST STRAPS AND WAS STRANGLED BY HIS CHECK STRAPS. HIS PARACHUTE WAS A RAM AIR PARACHUTE ON LOAN FROM PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT CORP., VINCENTOWN, NJ. INCIDENT CLOSED.
Other reports on N129PM · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.