# Incident 19960907033329I: Stbros SC72, Zepher Hills, FL, September 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1996, 18:50 local time
- Place: Zepher Hills, FL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2407° N, 82.1790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zephyrhills, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2407&lon=-82.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101FX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101FX-2009-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STBROS SC72
- People aboard: 19
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 320 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960907033329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: JULIE ANN LARSSON WAS PART OF AN EIGHTEEN PERSON FORMATION GROUP. SHE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ANOTHER JUMPER AND A THIRD PERSON FILMING THE DIVE. DAVID HAYES, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF SKY DIVE CITY, ALSO WITNESSED THE JUMP. AT 3000' MRS. LARSSON WAS SEEN LEAVING THE FORMATION. GROUND WITNESSES SAW HER CHUTE OPENING VERY LOW. SHE INIATED EMERGENCY PROCEEDURES AT APPROXIMATELY 200' AND RELEASED HER MAIN AND ACTIVATED HER RESERVE CHUTE WHICH DID NOT HAVE TIME TO OPEN. SHE HAD A FATAL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. MAIN PARACHUTE: PERFORMANCE DESIGN, MODEL-SABRE 135, PART # 135SFI, DATE MANU. JULY 1994, MAX GROSS WT. 148.5 LBS (JUMPER), MAX DEPLOY SPEED 135KNTS. EMERGENCY PARACHUTE: MICRO RAVEN CANOPY, MODEL 150(G), SER. NO. 00322007, MANU. DATE OCT. 1993, INSP BY 1189 PRECISION USA, PRECISION PARACHUTE CO., DAYTONA, PO BOX 691, DUNLAP, TN 37327. BACK PACK: DUAL CONTAINER SYSTEM TYPE V 1-2, SER. NO. 29206, DATE 10-27-93, ST. 21 LBS., FAA TSO C236.

## Other reports on N101FX (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20031122035969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031122035969I), Nov 22, 2003: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101FX), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. (-23) [privacy data omitted] was one of four skydivers that exited the aircraft on the same flight. Exit from the aircraft was normal. The purpose of [privacy…
- [Incident 20001227028829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001227028829I), Dec 27, 2000: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101FX), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. (-23)Parachutist[privacy data omitted]was performing her 100th skydive when she cut away her main parachute. Witnesses claimed to have seen her struggling…
- [Incident 19990404039999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990404039999I), Apr 4, 1999: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N101FX), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. Parachutist beatrice vanderpol departed a/c at 3500 ft. her chute opened at approx. 3000 ft but a line over or line tangled. Chute did not open properly and…

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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