# Incident 20061230029729I: Stbros SC7SERIES3, Eloy, AZ, December 30, 2006 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 30, 2006, 15:37 local time - Place: Eloy, AZ - Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 32.7559° N, 111.5548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eloy, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7559&lon=-111.5548&mi=10 - Aircraft: N28LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28LH) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC-7 (registry code 8100501, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc-7) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: STBROS SC7SERIES3 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061230029729I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) WHILE INVOLVED IN SKYDIVING EVENT AT ELOY, AZ ON DEC. 30, 2006 A LOW LEVEL MIDAIR COLLISION OCCURRED BETWEEN TWO EXPERIENCED PARACHUTISTS WHILE UNDER FULLY DEPLOYED CANOPIES. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AFTER BOTH PARACHUTISTS HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED FREEFALL AND WERE READYING TO LAND UNDER THEIR PARACHUTES. THE COLLISION INVOLVED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO HAD 4150+ JUMPS AND WAS JUMPING A PD VELOCITY 96 CANOPY. CALCULATIONS OF HIS WEIGHT TO CANOPY SIZE EQUALLED 2.1 WING LOAD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SECOND PARACHUTIST INVOLVED, HE HAD 3000+ JUMPS & WAS JUMPING A SPECTRE 107 CANOPY. CALCULATIONS OF HIS WEIGHT TO CANOPY SIZE EQUALLED 1.6 WING LOAD. NO ONE IN THE DROPZONE AREA OBSERVED THE COLLISION. INSPECTION OF BOTH JUMPER'S EQUIPMENT REVEALED FRICTION BURN DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT OUTBOARD SIDE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY AND LINES; AND FRICTION BURN DAMAGE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY LINES. THIS PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND A STATEMENT MADE TO INVESTIGATORS AT THE SCENE BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATES THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE LANDING ZONE FROM A RIGHT HAND BASE POSITION. AT LESS THAN 300 FEET AGL HE EXECUTED A LEFT HAND 270 DEGREE TURN TO FINAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS APPROACHING THE LANDING ZONE FROM THE LEFT. HE WAS BELOW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN A LEFT HAND BASE TURN TO FINAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY HAD A HIGHER RATE OF DESCENT CAUSED BY THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED 270 DEGREE TURN WHEN THEIR GLIDE PATHS INTERSECTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY FROM ABOVE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WITH THE SIDE OF HIS BODY. HE PENETRATED THRU THE LINE SET OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAIN CANOPY CAUSING IT TO WRAP AROUND HIS BODY. AS THE CANOPY WRAP DEVELOPED, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BODY WAS PULLED AWAY FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY BY THE FORCES OF HIS OWN INFLATED SPINNING MAIN CANOPY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE WITHOUT CUTTING HIS MAIN CANOPY AWAY AND WAS ABLE TO LAND UNDER HIS PARTIALLY INFLATED MAIN AND RESERVE CANOPIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED HARD ON HIS BACK AND SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO HIS LOWER BACK AND SHOULDER. SEVERE DAMAGE WAS DONE TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^; IT DID NOT REMAIN INFLATED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID DEPLOY HIS RESERVE CANOPY WITHOUT CUTTING HIS MAIN CANOPY AWAY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE RESERVE TO INFLATE BEFORE HE HIT THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIT THE GROUND WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO CAUSE HIS DEATH. ## Other reports on N28LH (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20140425006309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140425006309I), Apr 25, 2014: Short Bros. & Harland SC-7 (N28LH), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. The jumper was participating in an 88 person skydiving formation jump. He had been observed by other jumpers who stated he was in control and flying as normal.… - [Incident 20100416033289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100416033289I), Apr 16, 2010: Short Bros. SC-7 (N28LH), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. Jumper was participating in a formation skydive. Free fall and initial canopy was uneventful. The jumper was observed making a low turn to final landing to the… - [Incident 20041030032759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041030032759I), Oct 30, 2004: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N28LH), Eloy, AZ, 1 fatal. (-23) During test (or experiment) of an extremely small (17.5 square foot) canopy built by precision parachute co. the right brake handle was released. Subject… - [Incident 20040531033689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040531033689I), May 31, 2004: Stbros SC7SERIES3 (N28LH), Eloy, AZ. (-23) Skydiver exited aircraft with others to complete large freefall formation with 100 jumpers. Once the formation was over all jumpers deployed their… 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. 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