# Incident 20010331013089I: Acampo, CA, March 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.1735° N, 121.2799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Acampo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1735&lon=-121.2799&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/20010331013089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) JAN DAVIS, AN EXPERIENCED SKY-DIVER WITH OVER 2,000 JUMPS, SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES IN A PARACHUTE JUMP. THE PARACHUTE JUMP IN QUESTION WAS MADE FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 13,000 FT.  OBSERVERS, INCLUDING A TANDEM JUMP INSTRUCTOR, STATED A NORMAL EXIT FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  INITIAL DEPLOYMENT WAS ATTEMPTED AT @5,000 FT. AGL.  THE VICTIM, IT IS STATED, NEVER BECAME STABLE IN DURING HER DESCENT.  UPON DEPLOYMENT OIF THE MAIN PARACHUTE, ITS LINES BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE CAMERA HELMET WORN BY THE VICTIM.  SHE EJECTED THAT CHUTE, BUT WHILE STILL NOT STABILIZED, DEPLOYED HER RESERVE CHUTE.  ITS LINES BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE CAMERA & HEADGEAR VICTIM WAS WEARING ALSO.  AS A RESULT, IT TOO FAILED TO DEPLOY.  THE VICTIM IMPACTED UNRESTRAINED.  NO EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS NOTED.  INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES.  NO AIRCRAFT OR OPERATIONAL ISSUES INVOLVED.  INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

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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