# Incident 20010616013079I: Crete, NE, June 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Airport: Crete Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.6184° N, 96.9257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRETE MUNI (CEK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6184&lon=-96.9257&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010616013079I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMI^WAS BEING GIVEN INSTRUCTION FROM PARACHUTE INSTRUCTOR^PRIVACY DA^ON A STATIC LINE JUMP. AFTER DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET AGL,^PRIVACY DATA ^STARTED RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM^PRIVACY ^ ON THE GROUND AS TO WHAT MANEUVERS TO PERFORM.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS INSTRUCTED TO START TURNING IN A SPIRAL THROUGH A TRANCEIVER THAT HE WAS CARRYING. WHILE TURNING, ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STARTED TO SPIN AT AN ACCELERATED RATE.  ^PRIVACY D^ RELAYED TO HIM TO STOP TURNING AND ^PRIVACY DATA ^ DID.  AFTER HE GAINED CONTROL ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED THAT HE FELT LIGHTHEADED AND FELT AS IF HE COULD GET SICK. SHORTLY AFTER THAT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ THAN DRIFTED DOWN WIND AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A VETERINARY CLINIC PARKING LOT AND COMING TO REST UNDER A PICK-UP TRUCK.  ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ INJURIES CONSIST OF A SEVERE HEMATOMA TO THE BACK SIDE OF HIS BRAIN, A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS SKULL, A 6 INCH LACERATION TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS SCALP AND VARIOUS MINOR CUTS AND ABRASIONS.  A FULL RECOVERY IS EXPECTED.

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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