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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · California City, CA · July 4, 2005

Date: July 4, 2005 · 12:10 local
Place: California City, CA
Airport: California City Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
People aboard: 1
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) Witnesses, both on the ground and in the air report that the jumper was hanging limp in the harness, with a partially inflated canopy spiralling toward the ground. No one saw the jumper attempt to perform emergency procedures. privacy data omitted Had 375 jumps and was a member of the united states parachute association. His membership number was privacy data omitted the harness and container was manufactured by jumpshell, model racer. The main canopy was manufactured by pd, model spectre. This was the second jump on this canopy.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WITNESSES, BOTH ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR REPORT THAT THE JUMPER WAS HANGING LIMP IN THE HARNESS, WITH A PARTIALLY INFLATED CANOPY SPIRALLING TOWARD THE GROUND. NO ONE SAW THE JUMPER ATTEMPT TO PERFORM EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED HAD 375 JUMPS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION. HIS MEMBERSHIP NUMBER WAS ^PRIVACY^ THE HARNESS AND CONTAINER WAS MANUFACTURED BY JUMPSHELL, MODEL RACER. THE MAIN CANOPY WAS MANUFACTURED BY PD, MODEL SPECTRE. THIS WAS THE SECOND JUMP ON THIS CANOPY.