# Incident 20021102037909I: Buckeye, AZ, November 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2002
- Place: Buckeye, AZ
- Airport: Buckeye Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.4225° N, 112.6862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUCKEYE MUNI (BXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4225&lon=-112.6862&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/20021102037909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MS. KUCZYNSKI DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A AFF LEVEL 6 JUMP WITH A RATED USPA AFF JUMPMASTER (JM) AT APPROX 8000' AGL. AT APPROX 4500' AGL, SHE TRIED TO PULL HER RIP CORD/HANDLE TO DEPLOY THE MAIN PARACHUTE. THE JM OBSERVED THAT SHE PULLED THE RIP CORD OUT APPROX 8-10" WHEN SHE LOST HER GRIP ON THE HANDLE, DROPPING IT. THE JM MADE AN ATTEMPT TO REACH IN TO PULL THE HANDLE FOR HER BUT MISSED. SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE RESERVE PARACHUTE BY PULLING THE HANDLE OUT OF THE POCKET AND EXTENDED THE CORD/CABLE ABOUT 3" OUT BEFORE SHE ROLLING SEMI INVERTED FALLING FAST AWAY FROM THE JM. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT SHE WAS FIRST SPINNING FACE AND HEAD DOWN AS SHE TRIED TO PULL THE RESERVE, RECOVERED HER BODY POSITION AND THEN REENTERING THE SPIN AS SHE TRIED AGAIN TO PULL THE HANDLE. THE JM OPENED HIS PARACHUTE AT APPROX 2500 AGL. SHE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A BACK TO EARTH POSITION. HER MAIN CONTAINER/PARACHUTE OPENED UPON IMPACT, HER RESERVE PACK WAS ALREADY OPEN AND THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS OUT BY 3' BEING EXTENDED ALONG THE LINES OF IMPACT.

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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