# Incident 19981114039479I: Elsinore, CA, November 14, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1998, 08:55 local time
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Lake Elsinore
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&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/19981114039479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AN ORGANIZED POPS (PARCHUTISTS OVER PHORTY SOCIETY) RECORD ATTEMPT. NINETY FIVE SKYDIVERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO ACCOMPLISH A NEW WORLD RECORD. AFTER THE SECOND ATTEMPT OF THE DAY. THE SKYDIVERS DEPLOYED THEIR PARACHUTES AND WERE MANEUVERING THEIR CANOPIES FOR LANDING. AT SOME ALTITUDE (WITNESS REPORTS VARY) BETWEEN 550 AND 100 FEET AGL THE DECEASED AND ANOTHER JUMPER COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER. THE COLLISION CAUSED SEVERAL BROKEN LINES ON THE DECEASED'S PARACHUTE AND RESULTED IN AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT TO THE SURFACE. THE DECEASED WAS FOUND IN A PRONE POSITION. PERSONNEL AT THE SCENE FOUND NO PULSE OR RESPIRATION. HIS PUPILS WERE DILATED AND HE WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF CYANOSIS. CPR WAS BEGUN IMMEDIATELY. THE SURVIVING JUMPER'S RESERVE HANDLE WAS ACTIVATED DURING THE COLLISION RESULTING IN HIS HAVING BOTH PARACHUTES INFLATE PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE TWO PARACHUTES DEPLOYED IN A DOWN PLANE CONFIGURATION (BOTH LEADING EDGES POINTED TOWARDS THE GROUND). THE JUMPER STRUCK THE GROUND ON HIS SIDE BREAKING HIS PELVIS, HE WAS CONSCIOUS AND COHERENT UPON INITIAL EXAMINATION AND EVACUATION. BOTH VICTIMS WERE LOADED INTO SEPARATE GROUND AMBULANCES AND TAKEN TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. THE DECEASED WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE OTHER JUMPER IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A FULL RECOVERY.

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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