# Incident 20021020031639I: Perris, CA, October 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2002, 13:34 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Airport: Perris Valley Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.7646° N, 117.2190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7646&lon=-117.2190&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/20021020031639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 1. NAME OF JUMPER: ROBERT M. UNZUETA, 2. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER: A. MR. UNZUETA WAS TRAINED BY JIM WALLACE SKYDIVING SCHOOL PERRIS VALLEY AIRPORT, PERRIS CA. B. MR. UNZUETA STARTED TRAINING ON OCTOBER 14, 2000, AND HAD COMPLETED 218 VOLUNTARY PARACHUTE JUMPS. 3. CLUB AFFILIATION: UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION. 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND THEIR PACKING RECORDS. A. MAIN CANOPY MANUFACTURE: PERFORMANCE DESIGN MODEL: SABRE NUMBER 2, SERIAL NUMBER: SA150-001691. B. RESERVE CANOPY MANUFACTURE: PERFORMANCE DESIGN MODEL: 160 SERIAL NUMBER: 027733. C. THE RESERVE CANOPY WAS REPACKED ON OCTOBER 5, 2002, BY RICHARD FOURIE, MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER, NUMBER 1586505782, SERIAL NUMBER RWZ. D. HARNESS AND CONTAINER SYSTEM MANUFACTURED BY SUN PATH PRODUCTS, INC. MODEL: JAVELIN JAVJ-2K: SERIAL NUMBER 23230. ON OCTOBER 20, 2002, MR. ROBERT (BOB) M. UNZUETA PERFORMED A VOLUNTARY PARACHUTE JUMP FROM A TWIN OTTER N708PV AT PERRIS VALLEY AIRPORT PERRIS CA. AT 50 TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND MR. UNZUETO COLLIDED WITH HEATHER WILSON AND BOTH CANOPIES COLLAPSED. MISS WILSON'S CANOPY REINFLATED AND TOUCHED DOWN WITHOUT INCIDENT. MR. UNZUETA CANOPY DID NOT, AND IMPACT WITH THE GROUND WAS FATAL.

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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