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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · East Troy, WI · September 30, 2005

Date: September 30, 2005 · 17:39 local
Place: East Troy, WI
Airport: East Troy Municipal Airport
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) After normal freefall, jumper privacy data omitted deployed hand deployable pilotchute. Pilotchute bridle became entangled around jumper causing the main parachute bag not to deploy. Jumper used line knife to clear entanglement. After clearing entanglement, jumper had insufficient time to deploy reserve parachute. Reserve repack aug. 05. All equipment checked good.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER NORMAL FREEFALL, JUMPER ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ DEPLOYED HAND DEPLOYABLE PILOTCHUTE. PILOTCHUTE BRIDLE BECAME ENTANGLED AROUND JUMPER CAUSING THE MAIN PARACHUTE BAG NOT TO DEPLOY. JUMPER USED LINE KNIFE TO CLEAR ENTANGLEMENT. AFTER CLEARING ENTANGLEMENT, JUMPER HAD INSUFFICIENT TIME TO DEPLOY RESERVE PARACHUTE. RESERVE REPACK AUG. 05. ALL EQUIPMENT CHECKED GOOD.