# Incident 20000428022169I: Longmont, CO, April 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2000, 17:45 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&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/20000428022169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMI^, A PARACHUTIST FROM THE LONGMONT AIRPORT, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HIS PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN. THE PARACHUTE AND HARNESS WAS INSPECTED ON MAY 5, 2000, BY ^PRIVACY DATA ^, A MASTER FAA RIGGER, CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY D^.  THE HARNESS, PILOT CHUTE, MAIN CANOPY, AND RESERVE CANOPY WERE INSPECTED AND TESTED WITH NO DISCREPANCIES FOUND.  THE PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY WAS TSO'D AND THE RESERVE CANOPY HAD BEEN INSPECTED WITHIN THE REQUIRED 120 DAYS.  THE PILOT CHUTE HAD NOT BEEN DEPLOYED AND HAD BEEN PACKED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PARACHUTE CONTAINER.  THE BREAK-A-WAY HANDLE WAS PULLED, BUT THE MAIN CANOPY DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE THE PILOT CHUTE WAS NOT PULLED.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ ORIGINALLY TRAINED ON A SINGLE OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH DEPLOYS THE RESERVE CANPOY WHEN THE MAIN IS RELEASED.  HE PURCHASED A SYSTEM WHICH IS A TOW PULL SYSTEM REQUIRING THE PARACHUTIST TO PULL A S EPARATE HANDLE TO DEPLOY THE RESERVE CANOPY.

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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