41.8133° N, 85.4390° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KIRSCH MUNI (IRS), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 18, 2000 · 16:45 local
Place
Sturgis, MI
Airport
Kirsch Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries
1
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23)After successful deployment of the parachute, individual collided witha building facade approximately 1 mile from the kirsh airport, Sturgis, Michigan. Upon collision, individual broke both ankles, and experienced major head trauma when head hit brakes, causing fatality.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)AFTER SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT OF THE PARACHUTE, INDIVIDUAL COLLIDED WITHA BUILDING FACADE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE FROM THE KIRSH AIRPORT, STURGIS, MICHIGAN. UPON COLLISION, INDIVIDUAL BROKE BOTH ANKLES, AND EXPERIENCED MAJOR HEAD TRAUMA WHEN HEAD HIT BRAKES, CAUSING FATALITY.