# Incident 20050930030809I: East Troy, WI, September 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2005, 17:39 local time
- Place: East Troy, WI
- Airport: East Troy Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.7972° N, 88.3726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST TROY MUNI (57C), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7972&lon=-88.3726&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/20050930030809I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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