# Incident 20001118030989I: Sturgis, MI, November 18, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2000, 16:45 local time
- Place: Sturgis, MI
- Airport: Kirsch Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.8133° N, 85.4390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KIRSCH MUNI (IRS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8133&lon=-85.4390&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/20001118030989I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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