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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Gobles, MI · May 3, 2003

Date: May 3, 2003 · 13:00 local
Place: Gobles, MI
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries: 1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Fatal parachute voluntary jump. Three jumpers, two in free flying head down formation, one to observe the other two. Initiated jump at 10,000'. Initiated recovery at about 5,000'. One of two in formation collided head to head with observer. Both rendered unconscious. Observer died in hospital the next day. 1. privacy data omitted 2. 600 Jumps class c from uspa 3. Great lakes skydivers 4. Spectre - performance d tempo - pisa (reserve) packed 5/03/03 both reserve chutes opened at 750' I.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FATAL PARACHUTE VOLUNTARY JUMP. THREE JUMPERS, TWO IN FREE FLYING HEAD DOWN FORMATION, ONE TO OBSERVE THE OTHER TWO. INITIATED JUMP AT 10,000'. INITIATED RECOVERY AT ABOUT 5,000'. ONE OF TWO IN FORMATION COLLIDED HEAD TO HEAD WITH OBSERVER. BOTH RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS. OBSERVER DIED IN HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAY. 1. ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ 2. 600 JUMPS CLASS C FROM USPA 3. GREAT LAKES SKYDIVERS 4. SPECTRE - PERFORMANCE D TEMPO - PISA (RESERVE) PACKED 5/03/03 BOTH RESERVE CHUTES OPENED AT 750' I.