# Incident 20030426005389I: Monroe, GA, April 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2003, 10:15 local time
- Place: Monroe, GA
- Airport: Monroe-Walton County Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.7824° N, 83.6929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Monroe Walton County Airport (D73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7824&lon=-83.6929&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/20030426005389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WILLIAM A. MCSHAIN, MONROE, GEORGIA, 04-26-2003 JOSEPH BENNETT, SAFETY MANAGER OF SKYDIVE MONROE, STATED MR. MCSHAIN ARRIVED AT SKYDIVE MONROE AT APPROXIMATELY 9:15 AM EDT. HE BOARDED N613BR; SKYDIVE MONROE'S JUMP PLANE, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM EDT AND JUMPED FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 14000 FEET MSL APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER. MR. BENNETT AND ROBERT LONG, A SKYDIVER, OBSERVED MR. MCSHAIN FROM THEIR POSITION ON THE GROUND OUTSIDE SKYDIVE MONROE'S HANGER. THEY STATED THEY OBSERVED MR. MCSHAIN DESCENDING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT UNDER A FULL NORMAL CANOPY. THEY THEN SAW MR. MCSHAIN INITIATE AN ABRUPT TURNING DESCENT AT AN ALTITUDE THEY ESTIMATED AT LESS THEN 200 FEET AGL. THEY STATED HIS PERSON WAS AT THE SAME ALTITUDE AS HIS PARACHUTE CANOPY WHEN HE DISAPPEARED BELOW THE TREES. THEY OBSERVED THE CANOPY TO BE FULL AND INFLATED WHEN IT DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT. MR BENNETT DROVE TO THE SITE AND FOUND MR. MCSHAIN WITHOUT PULSE OR RESPIRATION. MR. BENNETT THEN CALLED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE DEPUTY CORONER FOR THE CITY OF MONROE, WHO IS ALSO A CITY OF MONROE FIREFIGHTER, PRONOUNCED MR. MCSHAIN DEAD AT THE SCENE. DAN STRICKLAND, SUPERVISORY AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR, ATL FSDO, EXAMINED MR. MCSHAIN'S PARACHUTE HARNESS/CONTAINER SYSTEM AND MAIN CANOPY AND FOUND THEM WITHOUT DEFECT AND THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS SEALED. GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CRIME LAB STATED VIA TELEPHONE MR. MCSHAIN DIED OF A RUPTURED AORTA SECONDARY TO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. MR. MCSHAIN HELD A USPA LEVEL D RATING, CERTIFICATE #D-21061. MR. BENNETT STATED MR. MCSHAIN'S LOGBOOK INDICATED THIS WAS HIS 1673RD PARACHUTE JUMP. ANY CLUB AFFILIATION IS UNKNOWN. MR. MCSHAIN'S EQUIPMENT: HARNESS: JAVELIN J-3 SPORT PARACHUTE HARNESS/CONTAINER SYSTEM SERIAL # 22552 MANUFACTURED 05/02; RESERVE CANOPY: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS PR 160 SERIAL # 025941 MANUFACTURED 09/01; MAIN CANOPY: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS 170-SABRE2 SERIAL # SA170-001120 MANUFACTURED 03/02; AAD: CYPRES SERIAL # 6090CA5E5AC5222D MANUFACTURED 10/94 MR. MCSHAIN'S RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS INSPECTED AND REPACKED ON 01-20-2003 BY CERTIFICATE #379446203, SEAL: SZN.

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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