# Incident 19980927032199I: Boulder City, NV, September 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515EH (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/19980927032199I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER WAYNE JONES' PARACHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY AFTER A NORMAL JUMP AT APPROXIMATELY 9:00AM LOCAL TIME, SUNDAY SEPT 27, 1998 AT BOULDER CITY, NEVADA. HE DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES SUSTAINED ON IMPACT. SKYDIVING IS SELF-POLICING UNDER U.S.P.A. AND THERE ARE NO APPLICABLE REGULATION IN THIS CASE. INVESTIGATION CLOSED 10/7/98.

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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