# Incident 19980412014049I: Albuquerque, NM, April 12, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1998, 10:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Coronado Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.1960° N, 106.5756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Coronado Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1960&lon=-106.5756&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980412014049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 12, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME A SPORT PARACHUTE JUMPER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY DURING A ROUTINE JUMP NEAR CORONADO AIRPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. WITNESSES STATED THE JUMP WAS NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 300 TO 400 FT AGL, WHEN WIND CURRENTS CAUSED THE MAIN CHUTE TO COLLAPSE BRIEFLY AND RECOVER. AT ABOUT 75 FT. AGL THE MAIN CHUTE WAS AGAIN DISTORTED BY WIND CURRENTS WHICH CAUSED THE JUMPER TO SPIRAL TO THE RIGHT AND STRIKE THE GROUND. THE JUMPER, JIM METZ, RECEIVED TRAINING AT SKY DIVE NEW MEXICO AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 180 JUMPS. HE HOLDS A USPA CLASS CL LICENSE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE SKY DIVE NEW MEXICO CLUB. HIS RESERVE CHUTE IS A PISA, MODEL TEMPO (210 SQ. FT.) AND WAS PACKED ON FEBRUARY 12, 1998. HIS MAIN CHUTE IS A PERFORMANCE DESIGNS, MODEL SABER (190 SQ. FT.) AND WAS PACKED ON APRIL 11, 1998. THE HARNESS/CONTAINER IS A SUNPATH, MODEL JAVELIN J4 INCORPORATING A CYPRUS AAD.

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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