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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Fentress, TX · July 22, 2005

Date: July 22, 2005 · 14:30 local
Place: Fentress, TX
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) On July 22, 2005, at approximately 14:30 hours, student skydiver, privacy data omitted suffered fatal injuries in a parachute operation. The dive originated at skydive san marcos, in Fentress, TX with two jump masters assisting privacy data omitted in an AFF2 dive. Jump masters made several attempts to make radio contact with privacy data omitted as he flew away, under a full canopy, from the drop zone. Attemps at radio communication were unsuccessful. privacy data omitted Was found a couple of miles away from drop zone.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 22, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 HOURS, STUDENT SKYDIVER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES IN A PARACHUTE OPERATION. THE DIVE ORIGINATED AT SKYDIVE SAN MARCOS, IN FENTRESS, TX WITH TWO JUMP MASTERS ASSISTING ^PRIVACY DA^ IN AN AFF2 DIVE. JUMP MASTERS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT WITH ^PRIVACY DA^ AS HE FLEW AWAY, UNDER A FULL CANOPY, FROM THE DROP ZONE. ATTEMPS AT RADIO COMMUNICATION WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS FOUND A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY FROM DROP ZONE.