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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Grandfield, OK · September 7, 1997

Date: September 7, 1997 · 12:30 local
Place: Grandfield, OK
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 1

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: on August 22, 1997, a skydiver was seriously injured in a parachuting accident at marshall, MI. The skydiver, jeffry b. klan is an experienced jumper with over 400 jumps. He was using a micro raven 150 main chute which was packed on the same day of the incident and a viper, 120 emergency parachute S/N00528003 which was last packed on 6/24/97.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 22, 1997, A SKYDIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A PARACHUTING ACCIDENT AT MARSHALL, MI. THE SKYDIVER, JEFFRY B. KLAN IS AN EXPERIENCED JUMPER WITH OVER 400 JUMPS. HE WAS USING A MICRO RAVEN 150 MAIN CHUTE WHICH WAS PACKED ON THE SAME DAY OF THE INCIDENT AND A VIPER, 120 EMERGENCY PARACHUTE S/N00528003 WHICH WAS LAST PACKED ON 6/24/97.