40.9662° N, 81.8439° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, OH, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 27, 2006 · 17:45 local
Place
Sterling, OH
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) At approximately 1745, the victim was participating in a skydiving training jump, she was attached to a skydiving instructor. At some point it appears the victim became detached from the instructor and fell to the ground and sustained fatal injuries.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1745, THE VICTIM WAS PARTICIPATING IN A SKYDIVING TRAINING JUMP, SHE WAS ATTACHED TO A SKYDIVING INSTRUCTOR. AT SOME POINT IT APPEARS THE VICTIM BECAME DETACHED FROM THE INSTRUCTOR AND FELL TO THE GROUND AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.