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Incident

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Salado, TX · March 17, 2007

Date: March 17, 2007 · 16:38 local
Place: Salado, TX
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) While skydiving in formation, a parachutist collided with a second parachutist, striking him in the chest with his head, temporarily disorienting himself. The parachutist released his main chute and deployed his emergency chute too close to the ground. The emergency chute did not have enough altitude to open and allow for a safe landing, fatally injuring the parachutist. 1. privacy data omitted 2. 1700 Jumps 3. Skydive temple 4. Tempo 210, packed on 03/05/07 by privacy data omitted. Senior rigger #462272920, seal symbol pan.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE SKYDIVING IN FORMATION, A PARACHUTIST COLLIDED WITH A SECOND PARACHUTIST, STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST WITH HIS HEAD, TEMPORARILY DISORIENTING HIMSELF. THE PARACHUTIST RELEASED HIS MAIN CHUTE AND DEPLOYED HIS EMERGENCY CHUTE TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND. THE EMERGENCY CHUTE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO OPEN AND ALLOW FOR A SAFE LANDING, FATALLY INJURING THE PARACHUTIST. 1. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED 2. 1700 JUMPS 3. SKYDIVE TEMPLE 4. TEMPO 210, PACKED ON 03/05/07 BY ^PRIVACY DAT^. SENIOR RIGGER #462272920, SEAL SYMBOL PAN.