19990807032529I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Cross Keys, NJ · August 7, 1999

Date: August 7, 1999 · 16:00 local
Place: Cross Keys, NJ
Airport: Cross Keys Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

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) Name: michael mcgowan privacy data omitted experience: 10,000+ jumps; club affiliation: freefall adventures, equipment: main=stilletto 135, reserve=tempo 120; pilot chute deployed however the main did not. Subject "cutaway" from main chute and deployed reserve chute. It worked but the main then came out and up into the reserve causing the reserve steering to become fouled and he entered a spin. He came down through the trees. He was med evaced to a local hospital where he spent two days and is scheduled for release today.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NAME: MICHAEL MCGOWAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCE: 10,000+ JUMPS; CLUB AFFILIATION: FREEFALL ADVENTURES, EQUIPMENT: MAIN=STILLETTO 135, RESERVE=TEMPO 120; PILOT CHUTE DEPLOYED HOWEVER THE MAIN DID NOT. SUBJECT "CUTAWAY" FROM MAIN CHUTE AND DEPLOYED RESERVE CHUTE. IT WORKED BUT THE MAIN THEN CAME OUT AND UP INTO THE RESERVE CAUSING THE RESERVE STEERING TO BECOME FOULED AND HE ENTERED A SPIN. HE CAME DOWN THROUGH THE TREES. HE WAS MED EVACED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE SPENT TWO DAYS AND IS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE TODAY.