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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Perris, CA · November 5, 2005

Date: November 5, 2005 · 12:45 local
Place: Perris, CA
Airport: Perris Valley Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
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) privacy data omitted a skydiver with approx 150 career jumps was fatally injured during a jump on November 5, 2005. Witness accounts state the chute initally opened normally but within 200 feet of the ground skydiver started spinning and the chute continued to spin to the ground. Witnesses stated there was no apparent attempt to cutaway the main or deploy the reserve. The parachute rigging fatality report report of privacy data omitted master parachute rigger #520742402, stated "there was evidence that the left brake toggle was improperly stowed." 1. Name of jumper: privacy data omitted 2. Experience: total jumps, 150. Last year: 29. 3. Club affiliation: uspa #180670 4. Description of parachutes and their packing records. Reserve: p.d./records: main chute/aerodyne research pilot/aug 04/hard card reserve: ok.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ A SKYDIVER WITH APPROX 150 CAREER JUMPS WAS FATALLY INJURED DURING A JUMP ON NOVEMBER 5, 2005. WITNESS ACCOUNTS STATE THE CHUTE INITALLY OPENED NORMALLY BUT WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE GROUND SKYDIVER STARTED SPINNING AND THE CHUTE CONTINUED TO SPIN TO THE GROUND. WITNESSES STATED THERE WAS NO APPARENT ATTEMPT TO CUTAWAY THE MAIN OR DEPLOY THE RESERVE. THE PARACHUTE RIGGING FATALITY REPORT REPORT OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER #520742402, STATED "THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE LEFT BRAKE TOGGLE WAS IMPROPERLY STOWED." 1. NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 2. EXPERIENCE: TOTAL JUMPS, 150. LAST YEAR: 29. 3. CLUB AFFILIATION: USPA #180670 4. DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTES AND THEIR PACKING RECORDS. RESERVE: P.D./RECORDS: MAIN CHUTE/AERODYNE RESEARCH PILOT/AUG 04/HARD CARD RESERVE: OK.