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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Salado, TX · May 2, 2007

Date: May 2, 2007 · 12:30 local
Place: Salado, TX
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries: 0

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 was participating in an aff level 2 jump. She exited the aircraft at 13,500 ft. where the jump proceeded without incident. The main canopy was deployed at 5500 ft. at approximately 30 ft. from the ground, she made an abrupt 90 degree hook turn forcing her to land hard on her left side, breaking her left leg.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PARTICIPATING IN AN AFF LEVEL 2 JUMP. SHE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 13,500 FT. WHERE THE JUMP PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE MAIN CANOPY WAS DEPLOYED AT 5500 FT. AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FT. FROM THE GROUND, SHE MADE AN ABRUPT 90 DEGREE HOOK TURN FORCING HER TO LAND HARD ON HER LEFT SIDE, BREAKING HER LEFT LEG.