# Incident 20000529016949I: Madera, CA, May 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2000, 11:15 local time
- Place: Madera, CA
- Airport: Madera Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.9886° N, 120.1124° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADERA MUNI (MAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9886&lon=-120.1124&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000529016949I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES DURING A VOLUNTARY PARACHUTE JUMP AT THE MADERA PARACHUTE CENTER, MADERA, CA ON 05/29/2000 AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 PDT.  WITNESSES REPORTED THAT HE JUMPED FROM AN AIRCRAFT AT 2500' MSL AND APPREARED TO BE UNSTABILIZED IN HIS FALL.  THE PARACHUTE OPENED BUT IT ROTATED THROUGHOUT  THE DESCENT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND WAS SEVERE.  HE WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH BROKEN BONES.  THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS A VECTOR V1-2.  THE CANOPY WAS A PERFORMANCE DESIGN STILETTO 107.  THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS A RAVEN 1 REPACKED ON 4/12/00.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ HAD COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 290 JUMPS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT AND 6 TO 7 JUMPS AT MADERA PARACHUTE CENTER IN THE PAST 4 WEEKS.

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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