# Incident 20000521015939I: Taft, CA, May 21, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2000, 12:05 local time
- Place: Taft, CA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.1267° N, 119.4242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taft, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1267&lon=-119.4242&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/20000521015939I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA ^ SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES FOLLOWING A PARACHUTE ACCIDENT AT TAFT DROP ZONE LOCTAED NEAR TAFT, CA ON 5/21/2000 AT 1205 PDT. ^PRIVACY DAT^ WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS PARACHUTE AND FELL FROM AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 30 FT AGL. THE PARACHUTE WAS A PERFORMANCE DESIGN 9 CELL CANOPY (150 SQ/FT). ^PRIVACY DAT^ OWNED THIS PARACHUTE AND PACKED IT PRIOR TO THE JUMP.  THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ANY PARACHUTE MALFUNCTION.  THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS NOT DEPLOYED.  IT WAS PACKED BY A CERTIFIED RIGGER ON 05/10/2000.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ HAD MADE APPROXIMATELY 200 JUMPS (50 THIS YEAR) PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR ADVANTURES WEST, TAFT DROP ZONE, TAFT, CA.

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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