# Incident 19970907033489I: Grandfield, OK, September 7, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1997, 12:30 local time
- Place: Grandfield, OK
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2308° N, 98.6873° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grandfield, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2308&lon=-98.6873&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970907033489I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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