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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Greensburg, IN · October 15, 2005

Date
October 15, 2005 · 15:39 local
Place
Greensburg, IN
Airport
County Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries
0

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) The wind had increased from the time of take-off to the parachutist jumping. The parachutist is light weight, did not have the forward speed for the landing and landed in trees instead of the selected parachute landing area. The jumper sustained a broken leg, ankle, and back at the T-4 vertebrae resulting in having to be placed in a full body cast. The jumper was privacy data omitted with a pro b rating with approximately 135 jumps. She was trained and jumps at skydive Greensburg, Greensburg, IN. The main parachute is a navigator and the reserve parachute is a tempo which was packed 07-21-2005.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE WIND HAD INCREASED FROM THE TIME OF TAKE-OFF TO THE PARACHUTIST JUMPING. THE PARACHUTIST IS LIGHT WEIGHT, DID NOT HAVE THE FORWARD SPEED FOR THE LANDING AND LANDED IN TREES INSTEAD OF THE SELECTED PARACHUTE LANDING AREA. THE JUMPER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEG, ANKLE, AND BACK AT THE T-4 VERTEBRAE RESULTING IN HAVING TO BE PLACED IN A FULL BODY CAST. THE JUMPER WAS ^PRIVACY DA^ WITH A PRO B RATING WITH APPROXIMATELY 135 JUMPS. SHE WAS TRAINED AND JUMPS AT SKYDIVE GREENSBURG, GREENSBURG, IN. THE MAIN PARACHUTE IS A NAVIGATOR AND THE RESERVE PARACHUTE IS A TEMPO WHICH WAS PACKED 07-21-2005.