# Incident 20010702017609I: Casa C212CD, Batavia, NY, July 2, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2001, 11:55 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Airport: Genesee County Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 43.0318° N, 78.1697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEE COUNTY (GVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0318&lon=-78.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7241E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CASA C212CD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010702017609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT 11:30 AM THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH 26 SKYDIVERS AND 2 CREW TO 13,300 FT. OVER THE AIRPORT. EXIT OCCURRED AT THE DESIRED ALTITUDE AT 11:35 AM.  TANDEM SKYDIVERS, SCOTT ANDERSON (MASTER) AND MARYA BISSETTE (PASSENGER) DEPARTED WITH THE OTHERS.  AFTER A FREE FALL OF UNDETERMINED ALTITUDE, THE DROGUE CHUTE AND MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY.  AT 4,000 FT. AGL MR. ANDERSON DEPLOYED THE RESERVE.  UPON DEPLOYMENT, THE RESERVE CHUTE RIPPED ALMOST IN TWO AND BROKE 6 LINES.  THE SKYDIVERS SPIRALED TO A PLOWED FIELD AND SUSTAINED INJURIES UPON IMPACT.  INJURIES INCLUDED BROKEN LEGS AND SPINAL INJURY.  MANUFACTURER OF CONTAINER THAT INCLUDES BOTH MAIN AND RESERVE IS STRONG ENTERPRISES, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                    . SERIAL NUMBER IS 501418. MODEL OF RESERVE IS HAWK, SERIAL NUMBER IS 896. DATE OF MUNUFACTURE IS 2/94. RESERVE WAS PACKED 04/04/01 BY MR. ALIS ALTENDORFER, 65345753. THIS MATTER IS 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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