# Incident 20060527015119I: Sterling, OH, May 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Sterling, OH
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.9662° N, 81.8439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sterling, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9662&lon=-81.8439&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/20060527015119I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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