# Incident 20000415019409I: Vinton, IA, April 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Vinton, IA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.1631° N, 92.0262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vinton, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1631&lon=-92.0262&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/20000415019409I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY D^ WAS MAKING HIS SECOND JUMP OF THE DAY FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 9500 FEET WITH THREE OTHER JUMPS. THEIR FORMATION BROKE AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3500 TO 4000 FEET.  ^PRIVACY D^ ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY HIS MAIN PARACHUTE BUT  IT MALFUNCTIONED.  ^PRIVACY D^ WAS AN EXPERIENCED SKYDIVER HAVING COMPLET ED 400 PLUS JUMPS.  ^PRIVACY D^ RECEIVED HIS FREE FALL PARACHUTE TRAINING  FROM ACCELERATED FREE FALL IOWA IN 1981.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ MAIN PARACHUTE WAS  A PERFORMANCE DESIGN SABRE 150 WITH A SUN PATH JAVELIN CONTAINER AND HARNESS.  THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS PACKED BY ^PRIVACY D^ IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS A PARAFLITE SWIFT PLUS 175.  IT WAS PACKED IN MARCH 2000, BY A CERTIFICATED SENIOR PARACHUTE RIGGER.  ^PRIVACY D^ HAD NO KNOWN CLUB AFFILIATION.

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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