# Incident 20020518029009I: Ottawa, IL, May 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2002, 18:35 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3540° N, 88.8234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ottawa, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3540&lon=-88.8234&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/20020518029009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 18, 2002, JOHN T. FAULKNER (DOB 5/30/1973) SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES FROM A SKYDIVING INCIDENT AT SKYDIVE CHICAGO, OTTAWA, IL. THE REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE LASALLE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE AS FOLLOWS JOHN T. FAULKNER AND JEFFERY K. BROWN PARACHUTED FROM A DHC-6-6, N30EA (TWIN OTTER) AIRCRAFT AT 14,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). UPON DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT JOHN AND JEFFERY HELD HANDS IN A "HEADS DOWN" MANEUVER FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS BUT COULD NOT MAINTAIN THE POSITION AND SEPARATED. AT THAT TIME JEFFREY WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO A "SIT FLY" POSITION. DURING JEFFREY'S MANEUVERS HE NOTICED JOHN WAS FLYING AROUND HIM BUT LOST SIGHT OF HIM. JEFFREY STATED ON HIS THIRD ATTEMPT TO DO THE "SIT FLY" HE FELT AN IMPACT ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW AND RIGHT LEG AT APPROXIMATELY 8000 FEET AGL. JEFFREY CHECKED HIS RIGHT ARM AND DEPLOYED HIS CHUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 7000 FEET AGL. JEFFREY ALSO NOTICED JOHN WAS FALLING TOWARD THE GROUND ON HIS BACK. JEFFREY STATED HE YELLED AT JOHN TO OPEN HIS CHUTE BUT JOHN CONTINUED TO FALL. JEFFREY SAW APPROXIMATELY WHERE JOHN IMPACTED THE GROUND. JOHN WAS USING STUNTS ECLIPSE PARACHUTE S/N 1211, AND A PERFORMANCE DESIGN RESERVE CHUTE S/N 126R 16984, WHICH WASPACKED ON 4/12/2002. JOHN HAD MADE JUMPS PRIOR TO THIS ONE. THIS OFFICE HAD DETERMINED THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF THE CFR'S.

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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