# Incident 19990815025009I: Siloam Springs, AR, August 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1999, 10:11 local time
- Place: Siloam Springs, AR
- Airport: Siloam Springs Ndb
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.1854° N, 94.5300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siloam Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1854&lon=-94.5300&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/19990815025009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SCOTT FLETCHER SOUTHERLAND,^PRIVACY DATA ^AN EXPEREIENCED SKYDIVER WITH 95 PREVIOUS JUMPS, COMMITTED SUICIDE BY CUTTING ALL FOUR RISERS ON BOTH HIS MAIN AND RESERVE CHUTES. HE THEN JUMPED FROM AN AIRCRAFT AT 4500 FEET ALTITUDE.  PARACHUTIST DIED ON IMPACT.  SUICIDE NOTE FOUND IN PARACHUTE HARNESS.

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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