# Incident 20050911022989I: Monroe, GA, September 11, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Monroe, GA
- Airport: Monroe-Walton County Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.7824° N, 83.6929° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Monroe Walton County Airport (D73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7824&lon=-83.6929&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/20050911022989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PARACHUTIST FATALLY INJURED WHEN MAIN AND RESERVE CHUTES WERE NOT DEPLOYED. PARACHUTIST PLUMMETED THROUGH TREES WHICH RIPPED OPEN HIS BODY ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE, CAUSED MULTIPLE BROKEN BONES, SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA AND, ON IMPACT, THE INTERNAL ORGANS BURST FROM THE BODY CAVITY. CORONER ^PRIVACY ^ SAID HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TISSUE SAMPLES TO COMPLETE TOXICOLOGY. MAIN CHUTE BREAKAWAY HANDLE/CABLE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET FROM THE BODY. UNDEPLOYED MAIN CHUTE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 25-30 FEET FROM BODY. RESERVE CHUTE FOUND NEXT TO HEAD. RESERVE CHUTE PIN FOUND IN A PULLED POSITION, HOWEVER RESERVE CHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY. 09/12/05-THE HARNESS AND CHUTES WERE EXAMINED BY ASI ^PRIVACY DATA O^ (SENIOR RIGGER), ASI ^PRIVACY DATA O^ (SENIOR RIGGER), ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ AND ASI ^PRIVACY DATA OM^, NO DEFICIENCIES NOTED. RESERVE CHUTE INSPECTED AND REPACKED ON 09/03/05 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , SENIOR RIGGER (BACK)-SEAL SYMBOL RJI (SEE COPY OF INSPECTION CARD). HARNESS AND CHUTES PLACED WITH THE DECEASED FOR TRANSPORTATION TO SOUTH CAROLINA. IAW 8020.11 1. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^          2. OVER 6066 JUMPS COMPLETED, MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER (BACK, CHEST, SEAT)-SEAL S               YMBOL OMH, TANDEM INSTRUCTOR, FAA ACCELERATED FREEFALL INSTRUCTOR 3. SKYDIVE MONROE 4. HARNESS & CONTAINER-JAVELIN J7, S/N-1190, MFG: SUN PATH PRODUCTS, INC., AUGUST 1990, CANOPY-CIRRUS R4, S/N 2896, MFG: PARA FLITE, JULY 1991.

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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