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FAA incident report · Aircraft · Louisa, VA · March 23, 2002

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Date
March 23, 2002 · 13:30 local
Place
Louisa, VA
Airport
Louisa County/Freeman Field Ap
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries
1

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What happened

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(-23) On Saturday March 23, 2002, at 1330 local, at the Louisa county, Virginia, airport, robert kresge was jumping with skydive Virginia when his parachute collapsed at 100 to 50 feet above the ground. The skydiver struck the surface of the paved taxiway and was fatally injured. According to witnesses, the jump was normal until after the jumper turned toward the landing zone. Witnesses said that the right side of the parachute collapsed first, then the remainder collapsed. Several witnesses reported gusty winds. According to the leesburg, Virginia flight service station, at the time of the jump, the lku AWOS reported winds were 12 knots and gusting to 20 knots. The parachute was a precision aerodynamics, inc. model XA0S-21, sn 81139909. It had a surface area of 68 square feet. The manufacturer says the xaos-21 is a high performance wing and recommends a minimum experience of 500 elliptical ram-air jumps. Maximum operating weight limitation is 170 lbs. (Http://precision. Aerodynamics.com/ground_zero/pages/XAOS21.htm). Mr. Kresge's address is privacy data omitted witnesses say Mr. Kresge was an experienced jumper and had about 50 jumps with this parachute.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SATURDAY MARCH 23, 2002, AT 1330 LOCAL, AT THE LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AIRPORT, ROBERT KRESGE WAS JUMPING WITH SKYDIVE VIRGINIA WHEN HIS PARACHUTE COLLAPSED AT 100 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE SKYDIVER STRUCK THE SURFACE OF THE PAVED TAXIWAY AND WAS FATALLY INJURED. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE JUMP WAS NORMAL UNTIL AFTER THE JUMPER TURNED TOWARD THE LANDING ZONE. WITNESSES SAID THAT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PARACHUTE COLLAPSED FIRST, THEN THE REMAINDER COLLAPSED. SEVERAL WITNESSES REPORTED GUSTY WINDS. ACCORDING TO THE LEESBURG, VIRGINIA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION, AT THE TIME OF THE JUMP, THE LKU AWOS REPORTED WINDS WERE 12 KNOTS AND GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. THE PARACHUTE WAS A PRECISION AERODYNAMICS, INC. MODEL XA0S-21, SN 81139909. IT HAD A SURFACE AREA OF 68 SQUARE FEET. THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THE XAOS-21 IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE WING AND RECOMMENDS A MINIMUM EXPERIENCE OF 500 ELLIPTICAL RAM-AIR JUMPS. MAXIMUM OPERATING WEIGHT LIMITATION IS 170 LBS. (HTTP://PRECISION.AERODYNAMICS.COM/GROUND_ZERO/PAGES/XAOS21.HTM). MR. KRESGE'S ADDRESS IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITNESSES SAY MR. KRESGE WAS AN EXPERIENCED JUMPER AND HAD ABOUT 50 JUMPS WITH THIS PARACHUTE.