40.9868° N, 75.9947° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at HAZLETON RGNL (HZL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
June 29, 2003
Place
Hazleton, PA
Airport
Hazleton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
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) Parachutist was executing a hook turn too close to the ground and impacted the ground face first. Pa state police investigated this fatality. Time of accident was 1350. Parachutist was privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PARACHUTIST WAS EXECUTING A HOOK TURN TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND IMPACTED THE GROUND FACE FIRST. PA STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED THIS FATALITY. TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS 1350. PARACHUTIST WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^