# Incident 20000312004099I: Eloy, AZ, March 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2000, 11:20 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000312004099I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DAT^,A PARACHUTIST, WAS INVOLVED IN A CANPOY COLLISION WITH ANOTHER PARACHUTIST, ^PRIVACY DATA ^. THIS OCCURED WHILE ^PRIVACY D^ WAS ON FINAL TO LANDING WHEN ^PRIVACY DAT^ OVERTOOK ^PRIVACY D^ FROM BELOW AND BEHIND.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ CANOPY IMPACTED FAIRLY GENTLY WITH ^PRIVACY DAT^ LEG.  BOTH CANOPIES WAFFLED SLIGHTLY, THEN ENTERED A 720 DEGREE SLOW TURN BEFORE SPEARATING.  ^PRIVACY DATA^ CANOPY DEFLATED AND SANK WHILE ^PRIVACY DAT^ CANOPY RECOVERED AND RESUMED NORMAL FLIGHT.  WITNESSES OBSERVED ^PRIVACY DATA^ CANOPY COLLAPSED BECAUSE ^PRIVACY DATA^DEPRESSED BOTH BRAKES (STEERING LINES) WHILE RESPONDING TO THE COLLISION.  ^PRIVACY DATA^ CANOPY WAS THEN FORCED INTO ^PRIVACY DAT^ TORSO, COLLASPING IT.  THE PARACHUTE TURNED, ENTERING A VIOLENT STALL, CONTINUING TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ DIED FROM THIS IMPACT WIHT THE GROUND. IN THE EXAMINATION OF ^PRIVACY DATA^ EQUIPMENT, NOTHING WAS FOUND TO INDICATE A FAILURE OF THE EQUIPMENT.

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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