# Incident 20030911031339I: Littlestown, PA, September 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2003, 16:30 local time
- Place: Littlestown, PA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.7455° N, 77.0857° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Littlestown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7455&lon=-77.0857&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030911031339I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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