# Incident 20010610013709I: Laurel, DE, June 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2001, 13:50 local time
- Place: Laurel, DE
- Airport: Laurel Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.5422° N, 75.5944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUREL (N06), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5422&lon=-75.5944&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/20010610013709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 6/10/01, AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 EDT, MR. TOME INITIATED A FREEFALL PARACHUTE JUMP OVER LAUREL AIRPORT, LAUREL, DELAWARE, WITH TWO OTHER PARACHUTISTS. EYEWITNESSES STATED THAT IT APPEARED THAT MR. TOME'S MAIN PARACHUTE FAILED TO TOTALLY DEPLOY AND THAT MR. TOME ATTEMPTED BUT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT DEPLOY PROPERLY.  HE ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE, BUT THAT BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED MAIN PARACHUTE.  MR. TOME IMPACTED THE GROUND FEET FIRST IN A VERTICAL POSITION.  HE WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY LOCAL MEDICAL OFFICIALS.

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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