# Incident 19980701032989I: Ottawa, IL, July 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3540° N, 88.8234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottawa, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3540&lon=-88.8234&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/19980701032989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A MR. GUS GLASS (PARACHUTIST) WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE STRUCK THE GROUND. WITNESS REPORTED THAT MR. GLASS GRABBED THE MAIN CHUTE CORD AND BECAME ENTANGLED. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED AND ALSO, BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE MAIN CHUTE AND NEVER INFLATED. THE LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, NOTED IN THEIR ACCIDENT REPORT THAT THE MAIN CHUTE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE JUMPER'S LEFT ARM. THE INSPECTION OF THE PARACHUTE REVEALED NO MALFUNCTION OF THE MAIN OR RESERVE CHUTES. THE FIRST TIME JUMPER WAS HOOKED TO A STATIC LINE AND THE STATIC LINE INITIATED DEPLOYMENT AS DESIGNED.

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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