# Incident 20050704019139I: Cross Keys, NJ, July 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Cross Keys, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704019139I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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