# Incident 20050810021389I: Rantoul, IL, August 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2005, 16:00 local time
- Place: Rantoul, IL
- Airport: Rantoul Natl Avn Cntr-F Elliot
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.3026° N, 88.1549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rantoul, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3026&lon=-88.1549&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050810021389I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SKYDIVER CONDUCTING FIRST JUMP OF THE DAY, FREE-FELL FROM ALTITUDE AND DEPLOYED HIS MAIN CHUTE AT 1900 FT ABOVE GROUND ACCORDING TO THE 'PRO-TRACK' (A SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICE USED AS AN AUDIBLE ALARM FOR ALTITUDE AWARENESS AND DATA STORAGE). THIS WAS 600 FEET LOWER THAN THE ALTITUDE OF 2500 FEET ABOVE GROUND, THE RECOMMENDED ALTITUDE FOR DEPLOYMENT OF THE MAIN CHUTE ACCEPTABLE TO THE USPA FOR THIS DIVER'S EXPERIENCE LEVEL. THE SKYDIVER HAD LOGGED 76 JUMPS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. WITNESS STATEMENTS REPORT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FULLY INFLATED CHUTE OVER THE DECEASED SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE HE CUT AWAY FROM THE MAIN CHUTE. AT APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET ABOVE GROUND, THE RESERVE CHUTE WAS ACTIVATED BY THE AIRTEC 'CYPRUS' (AN AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT DEVICE). THIS WAS AN INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR A FULL DEPLOYMENT OF THE RESERVE CHUTE PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. THE SKYDIVER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS LOW ALTITUDE DEPLOYMENT. AN INSPECTION OF THE MAIN AND RESERVE PARACHUTES AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, DID NOT DETERMINE ANY AREAS OF MALFUNCTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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