# Incident 20010718021719I: Tecumseh, MI, July 18, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2001, 21:10 local time
- Place: Tecumseh, MI
- Airport: Al Meyers Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.0251° N, 83.9393° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AL MEYERS (3TE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0251&lon=-83.9393&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/20010718021719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INVESTIGATED INCIDENT INVOLVING A SKYDIVER WHICH RESULTED IN A FATALITY: ON JULY 18, 2001, AROUND 2110 (8:10 PM) A SKYDIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE WAS PERFORMING A NORMAL (FREE FALL) JUMP FROM AN AIRCRAFT, HIS MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYED FROM ITS PACK BUT DID NOT OPEN UP. HE SUCCESSFULLY CUT THE MAIN CHUTE AWAY AND PROCEEDED TO DEPLOY HIS RESERVE CHUTE. ACCORDING TO WITNESS HE WAS IN A SPIN WHEN HE DEPLOYED THE RESERVE CHUTE, THIS CAUSED THE CHUTE TO BECOME TANGLED THUS FAILING TO OPEN. THERE WERE NO OTHER INJURIES.

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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