# Incident 20030607018999I: Ottawa, IL, June 7, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2003, 14:45 local time
- Place: Ottawa, IL
- Airport: Skydive Chicago Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Operator: E2TM
- Location: 41.3998° N, 88.7939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYDIVE CHICAGO (8N2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3998&lon=-88.7939&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/20030607018999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 7, 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 1445 LCL TIME ROGER NELSON ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES DURING A SKYDIVE WHEN HIS PARACHUTE CANOPY WAS INVADED BY ANOTHER PARACHUTIST TODD R FEY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ AT APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. BOTH PARACHUTISTS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY DEVELOPING A NORMAL PARACHUTE CANOPY AND DESCENDING NORMALLY UNTIL THE FINAL PART OF THE EVENT. AT THAT TIME MR. FEY HAD MADE A TURN TO GET INTO POSITION FOR FINAL LANDING WHEN HE INVADED MR. NELSON'S PARACHUTE CANOPY CAUSING IT TO DEFLATE. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE GROUND THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF CUT AWAY FOR RESERVE PARACHUTE UTILIZATION NOR THE POSSIBILITY OF RE-INFLATING THE ORIGINAL PARACHUTE.

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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