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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Mokuleia, HI · February 6, 2005

Date: February 6, 2005 · 09:35 local
Place: Mokuleia, HI
Airport: Dillingham Airfield Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
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) A line over parachute malfunction (line over canopy) occurred when the main chute opened. With the main chute open, the aad automatically shuts off, disabling the cypres cutter. Unit damaged on impact, but still functional. The reserve chute was manually opened. There was not enough altitude for reserve to deploy. One stay still intact in reserve. Parachute incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A LINE OVER PARACHUTE MALFUNCTION (LINE OVER CANOPY) OCCURRED WHEN THE MAIN CHUTE OPENED. WITH THE MAIN CHUTE OPEN, THE AAD AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF, DISABLING THE CYPRES CUTTER. UNIT DAMAGED ON IMPACT, BUT STILL FUNCTIONAL. THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS MANUALLY OPENED. THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE FOR RESERVE TO DEPLOY. ONE STAY STILL INTACT IN RESERVE. PARACHUTE INCIDENT.