# Incident 20030927024409I: Salisbury, MD, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 15:30 local time
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Bennett Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.4128° N, 75.6169° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BENNETT (1N5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4128&lon=-75.6169&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/20030927024409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PARACHUTIST FATALLY INJURED. 3 INDIVIDUALS JUMPED AT 11,000 FT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ (VICTIM) WAS KILLED WHEN HIS CHUTE DID NOT OPEN. INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DOCKED WITH ^PRIVAC^ AFTER DEPARTING AIRCRAFT TO STABILIZE HIM. AFTER BEING RELEASED ^PRIVAC^ WENT ONTO HIS BACK AND BEGAN SPINNING AWAY. ^PRIVACY ^ ATTEMPTED TO REACH ^PRIVAC^ TO STABILIZE HIM BUT COULD NOT REACH HIM IN TIME. ^PRIVACY ^ REPORTED PULLING HIS OWN CHUTE AT 2,000 FEET. MD STATE POLICE AND WICOMICO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT RESPONDED, TOOK STATEMENTS AND PHOTOS. INJURIES AND GROUND IMPRESSIONS INDICATE THAT THE PARACHUTE NEVER INFLATED. STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S REPORT STATES THAT THE BODY HAD TO BE UNWOUND FROM THE LINES. THE CHUTE WAS DEPLOYED BUT DID NOT INFLATE APPARENTLY BECAUSE ^PRIVAC^ BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE LINES WHILE SPINNING. THE PARACHUTE WAS INSPECTED BY FAA ON 10/2/03. THE RESERVE WAS NOT DEPLOYED BUT APPEARED TO BE INTACT AND OPERATIONAL. CONDITION OF THE MAIN WAS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE AND BIOLOGICAL DEBRIS. THE JUMP WAS CONDUCTED BY PARACHUTES ARE FUN, INC. BENNETT AIRPORT, NAYLOR MILL ROAD, SALISBURY, MD.

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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