# Incident 19970608018289I: Murray, NY, June 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1997, 16:15 local time
- Place: Murray, NY
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 43.2739° N, 78.0459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murray, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2739&lon=-78.0459&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970608018289I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON 06/08/97, SUSAN METLER, PARACHUTE RIGGER CERTIFICATE NO. 73480929, LOST CONTROL OF HER PARACHUTE WHILE CONDUCTING A FORMATION FREE FALL. SHE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER THE FORMATION BROKE TO DEPLOY THEIR PARACHUTES. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID DEPLOY HER PARACHUTE (WITNESSES STATED THAT ALSO) AFTER WHICH HER PARACHUTE GUIDE LINE BECAME TANGLED AND WENT INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SPIN. MS. METLER DOES NOT RECALL ANYTHING UNTIL SHE BECAME CONSCIOUS ON THE GROUND. MS. METLER HAS OVER 3,000 JUMPS AND IS A MEMBER OF THE ROCHESTER SKY DIVERS CLUB. THE PARACHUTE IS A STILETTER 135:SF2, S/N ST135:03146, WHICH WAS PACKED THAT DAY. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS PACKED BY MS. METLER ON 03/27/97 AND MANUFACTURED BY PERFORMANCE-DESIGNS; TYPE: SQUARE 7-CELL T-2'/T-3', S/N 126R2825, P/N PD-126R. WITNESS STATEMENT IS ATTACHED. 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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