# Incident 19970704020199I: Tres Pinos, CA, July 4, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Tres Pinos, CA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.7904° N, 121.3106° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tres Pinos, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7904&lon=-121.3106&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970704020199I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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