# Incident 20010413009219I: Deland, FL, April 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2001, 10:30 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&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/20010413009219I

## Narrative

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

(-23)IN (DED) DELAND MUNICIPAL ON 4-13-2001 AT 1030 AM ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS FATALLY INJURED INA SKYDIVING INCIDENT, AFTER IMPACTING THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED IN ALMOST A VERTICAL FLIGHT TRAJECTORY WITH HIS PARACHUTE FULLY DEPLOYED. THERE IS A VHS VIDEO TAPE CONFIRMING THE AFOREMENTIONED SENTENCE.  THIS INCIDENT FILE ALSO CONTAINS THREE WITNESS STATEMENTS THAT CONFIRM THE VIDEO THAT THE PARACHUTE WAS FULLY DEPLOYED AND ALL THREE CONCLUDE OPERATOR ERROR (IE) THE SKYDIVER FAILED TO FLARE AND SLOW HIS DECENT BEFORE IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE FAA INSPECTOR OF THE MAIN PARACHUTE REVEALED NO DEFICIENCES THAT WOULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FATAL INCIDENT.  THE RESERVE WAS NOT DEPLOYED AND THE INSPECTION CARD SHOWED IT WAS REPLACED MARCH 10TH 2001 WELL WITHIN THE FAR REQUIRMENT OF 120 DAYS.  THE SKYDIVER, A CANADIAN CITIZEN HAD 4700 PRIOR JUMPS.

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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