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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Rantoul, IL · August 6, 2005

Date: August 6, 2005 · 09:55 local
Place: Rantoul, IL
Airport: Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-F Elliot
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries: 1

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted skydiver deployed his main chute at an appropriate altitude, according to witness statements, but that chute sustained a malfunction due to 'line twist'. The deceased cut away from the main chute, but his attempts to stabilize and deploy his reserve chute resulted in a reserve deployment at an insufficient altitude for complete deployment and a resultant impact with the ground. The skydiver sustained fatal injuries as a result of the event. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SKYDIVER DEPLOYED HIS MAIN CHUTE AT AN APPROPRIATE ALTITUDE, ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS, BUT THAT CHUTE SUSTAINED A MALFUNCTION DUE TO 'LINE TWIST'. THE DECEASED CUT AWAY FROM THE MAIN CHUTE, BUT HIS ATTEMPTS TO STABILIZE AND DEPLOY HIS RESERVE CHUTE RESULTED IN A RESERVE DEPLOYMENT AT AN INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR COMPLETE DEPLOYMENT AND A RESULTANT IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THE SKYDIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.