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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Tres Pinos, CA · July 4, 1997

Date: July 4, 1997 · 16:00 local
Place: Tres Pinos, CA
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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

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Aircraft collided with jumpers open canopy. Jumper landed safely. Aircraft not identified. (-5) at approximately 1600 hours PDT on July 4, 1997, a white high wing single engine aircraft, believed to be a luscom, collided with a sky-diver's open canopy at 2,000 feet AGL over the Tres Pinos, CA. Drop zone. The sky-diver landed without incident and was not injured. Damage to the aircraft is unknown, however, the sky-diver's parachute canopy was damaged. The unknown aircraft continued flying westward, away from the drop zone and has not been heard from. This closes this report. No 8020-11 was generated.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH JUMPERS OPEN CANOPY. JUMPER LANDED SAFELY. AIRCRAFT NOT IDENTIFIED. (-5) AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS PDT ON JULY 4, 1997, A WHITE HIGH WING SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT, BELIEVED TO BE A LUSCOM, COLLIDED WITH A SKY-DIVER'S OPEN CANOPY AT 2,000 FEET AGL OVER THE TRES PINOS, CA. DROP ZONE. THE SKY-DIVER LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND WAS NOT INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, THE SKY-DIVER'S PARACHUTE CANOPY WAS DAMAGED. THE UNKNOWN AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FLYING WESTWARD, AWAY FROM THE DROP ZONE AND HAS NOT BEEN HEARD FROM. THIS CLOSES THIS REPORT. NO 8020-11 WAS GENERATED.