# Incident 19990807032529I: Cross Keys, NJ, August 7, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990807032529I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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