# Incident 20030503008309I: Gobles, MI, May 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Gobles, MI
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.3617° N, 85.8774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gobles, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3617&lon=-85.8774&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/20030503008309I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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