# Incident 19971213045399I: Marina, CA, December 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1997, 14:08 local time
- Place: Marina, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.6803° N, 121.7894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marina, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6803&lon=-121.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971213045399I

## Narrative

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

MR. HOOSHANG KARESOONI WAS FATALLY INJURED WHILE SKYDIVING AT THE MARINA AIRPORT. DEATH WAS THE RESULT OF HIGH SPEED IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE VICTIM HAD CUT AWAY HIS MAIN CHUTE AND FAILED TO DEPLOY HIS RESERVE CHUTE. RECORDS INDICATED THAT A MR. JOHN GWIAZDA, A SENIOR PARACHUTE PACKER WORKING AT SKYDIVE MONTEREY BAY, HAD PERFORMED THE LAST REPACK OF THE VICTIMS RESERVE CHUTE. WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE VICTIM REPACKING HIS MAIN CHUTE AFTER COMPLETING A PREVIOUS JUMP. INSPECTORS VIDAK AND TORO VISITED WITH MR. GWIAZDA AT THE SKYDIVE MONTEREY BAY FACILITIES. AN INSPECTION OF THE LOFT AND MR. GWIAZDA'S RECORDS, WAS SATISFACTORY. ON DECEMBER 17, 1997, INSPECTORS VIDAK AND MOUNTZ WERE PRESENT FOR THE FORMAL INSPECTION OF MR. KAREZOONI'S EQUIPMENT. THIS INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED BY MR. ALLEN SILVER, A CERTIFIED MASTER RIGGER AND OWNER OF SILVER PARACHUTE SALES. MR. SILVER IS ALSO A DPRE AND RECOGNIZED AS AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED ON THE MAIN CANOPY, THE BRAKES HOWEVER WERE NOT RELEASED. A CAREFUL AND DETAILED INSPECTION OF THE RESERVE CHUTE REVEALED NO DEFECTS. ALL COMPONENTS OPERATED PROPERLY AND THE CHUTE WAS PROPERLY PACKED. THE RESERVE WAS EQIPPED WITH AN AAD. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER IT WAS ACTIVATED FOR THIS JUMP. HOOSHANG KAZEROONI, USPA LICENSE NUMBER D-20046. JOSHUA JOHN GWIAZDA CERTIFIED SENIOR RIGGER CERTIFICATE NUMBER 27528118. SKYDIVE MONTEREY BAY, NON CERTIFIED LOFT.

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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