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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Chesapeake, VA · September 19, 1998

Date: September 19, 1998
Place: Chesapeake, VA
Airport: Chesapeake Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 1
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.

(-23) A. victim-carl j. clearwater. B.navy seal team member-high experience level. C. member "sport skydiving". D. main parachute-viper 172-packed by Mr. Clearwater reserve parachute-tempo 210, container javelin "J2", packing record satisfactory. Victim waited too long to make his final turn into the wind and impacted the ground at a high rate of descent. He was pronounced dead at 1218 local time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A. VICTIM-CARL J. CLEARWATER. B.NAVY SEAL TEAM MEMBER-HIGH EXPERIENCE LEVEL. C. MEMBER "SPORT SKYDIVING". D. MAIN PARACHUTE-VIPER 172-PACKED BY MR. CLEARWATER RESERVE PARACHUTE-TEMPO 210, CONTAINER JAVELIN "J2", PACKING RECORD SATISFACTORY. VICTIM WAITED TOO LONG TO MAKE HIS FINAL TURN INTO THE WIND AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 1218 LOCAL TIME.