# Incident 20030629031329I: Hazleton, PA, June 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2003
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Airport: Hazleton Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.9868° N, 75.9947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAZLETON RGNL (HZL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9868&lon=-75.9947&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/20030629031329I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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