20050704019139I

Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Cross Keys, NJ · July 4, 2005

Date: July 4, 2005 · 14:30 local
Place: Cross Keys, NJ
Airport: Cross Keys Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries: 2

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) Both jumpers fatal: (1) name - privacy data omitted, experience: 1,000+ jumps/rating D-24787/rigger, freeflying, canopy swooping, video club affiliation; staff/uspa privacy data omitted description of parachute: manufacturer: sunpath, javlin - model: oddessy, packing records: 2 jun 05/cert. No 2703032 tir/i+r (2) name - privacy data omitted, experience: 1960 jumps/rating D-27960/rigger, freeflying affiliation-club member, freefall adventures, uspa membership privacy data omitted . Description of parachute: javalin/sunpath, model-oddessy packing record: 12 apr 05/location: e-hills FL, cert. No. 100558105 oje-htp/ai+r. both persons had parachutes deploye. privacy data omitted (Person 1) was in a ccw steep turn (left) base to final and privacy data omitted (person 2) was in a cw (right) turn at approximately 200 feet, when they collided and parachutes became entangled. Both parties spiraled (flat) and impacted the ground. Both parties sustained fatal injuries at the scene.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) BOTH JUMPERS FATAL: (1) NAME - ^PRIVACY DATA ^, EXPERIENCE: 1,000+ JUMPS/RATING D-24787/RIGGER, FREEFLYING, CANOPY SWOOPING, VIDEO CLUB AFFILIATION; STAFF/USPA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTE: MANUFACTURER: SUNPATH, JAVLIN - MODEL: ODDESSY, PACKING RECORDS: 2 JUN 05/CERT. NO 2703032 TIR/I+R (2) NAME - ^PRIVACY D^, EXPERIENCE: 1960 JUMPS/RATING D-27960/RIGGER, FREEFLYING AFFILIATION-CLUB MEMBER, FREEFALL ADVENTURES, USPA MEMBERSHIP ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ . DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTE: JAVALIN/SUNPATH, MODEL-ODDESSY PACKING RECORD: 12 APR 05/LOCATION: E-HILLS FL, CERT. NO. 100558105 OJE-HTP/AI+R. BOTH PERSONS HAD PARACHUTES DEPLOYE. ^PRIVACY D^ (PERSON 1) WAS IN A CCW STEEP TURN (LEFT) BASE TO FINAL AND ^PRIVACY D^ (PERSON 2) WAS IN A CW (RIGHT) TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, WHEN THEY COLLIDED AND PARACHUTES BECAME ENTANGLED. BOTH PARTIES SPIRALED (FLAT) AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. BOTH PARTIES SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AT THE SCENE.