20030911031339I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Littlestown, PA · September 11, 2003

Date
September 11, 2003 · 16:30 local
Place
Littlestown, PA
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries
0

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) 1. (Name) privacy data omitted 2. (Experience) 200 jumps, uspa "c" license 3. (Club) the "sky divin place" 205 carlise street, hanover, PA 17331. 4. (Equipment) main=para-flit ZX-145, s/n TZX-04048, reserve=performance design-PD143R, s/n 143R6213, container=relative workshop, vector 2V-1-2, s/n 30322. Main packed by jumper prior to jump, reserve last packed 08-07-2003 by a certificated rigger. After an uneventful freefall from 8000' MSL and initial canopy descent, the jumper ws observed making a "hook-turn" @ 50' AGL. Jumper struck ground and bounced coming to rest on his left side. Jumper was air lifted to hospital with broken right ankle. Jumper remains in coma as of the date of this report. Jump partner stated that jumper was not wearing a protective helmet.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) 1. (NAME) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 2. (EXPERIENCE) 200 JUMPS, USPA "C" LICENSE 3. (CLUB) THE "SKY DIVIN PLACE" 205 CARLISE STREET, HANOVER, PA 17331. 4. (EQUIPMENT) MAIN=PARA-FLIT ZX-145, S/N TZX-04048, RESERVE=PERFORMANCE DESIGN-PD143R, S/N 143R6213, CONTAINER=RELATIVE WORKSHOP, VECTOR 2V-1-2, S/N 30322. MAIN PACKED BY JUMPER PRIOR TO JUMP, RESERVE LAST PACKED 08-07-2003 BY A CERTIFICATED RIGGER. AFTER AN UNEVENTFUL FREEFALL FROM 8000' MSL AND INITIAL CANOPY DESCENT, THE JUMPER WS OBSERVED MAKING A "HOOK-TURN" @ 50' AGL. JUMPER STRUCK GROUND AND BOUNCED COMING TO REST ON HIS LEFT SIDE. JUMPER WAS AIR LIFTED TO HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE. JUMPER REMAINS IN COMA AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. JUMP PARTNER STATED THAT JUMPER WAS NOT WEARING A PROTECTIVE HELMET.