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) Witnesses say that upon exiting aircraft on the 13th student jump, Mr. Bischofberger began to tumble and could not open the main chute. The reserve chute deployed automatically but because of the student in the fetal position and the tumbling, the reserve became entangled and the student impacted the ground.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WITNESSES SAY THAT UPON EXITING AIRCRAFT ON THE 13TH STUDENT JUMP, MR. BISCHOFBERGER BEGAN TO TUMBLE AND COULD NOT OPEN THE MAIN CHUTE. THE RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY BUT BECAUSE OF THE STUDENT IN THE FETAL POSITION AND THE TUMBLING, THE RESERVE BECAME ENTANGLED AND THE STUDENT IMPACTED THE GROUND.
Other reports on N223AL · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.