# Incident 20070811828969I: Hinckley, IL, August 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2007, 18:23 local time
- Place: Hinckley, IL
- Airport: Hinckley
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.7709° N, 88.7034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HINCKLEY (0C2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7709&lon=-88.7034&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070811828969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES STATED THAT AFTER THE PARACHUTIST DEPLOYED THE PARACHUTE SHE WENT INTO A SLOW SPIN AND WAS HAVING A HARD TIME. THE CANOPY WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING HALF INFLATED WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CANOPY DEFLATED AND SHROUD LINES TANGLED. THE PARACHUTIST STATED THE CANOPIES WERE TWISTED, SO SHE LOOKED FOR THE TOGGLES (CONTROL TOGGLES) AND ATTEMPTED TO UNTANGLE THE CANOPIES WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, NOTING THE CANOPY APPEARED DIAGONAL. THE PARACHUTIST NOTED SHE WAS AT 2600 FEET AND SHE PULLED THE VELCRO STRIP TO RELEASE THE MAIN CHUTE AND ATTEMPTED TO RELEASE THE RESERVE CHUTE. SHE THEN NOTED A CHUTE FLYING ON HER RIGHT SIDE. SHE THEN REACHED FOR A YELLOW TOGGLE WHICH CONTROLS THE BRAKES AND PULLED IT ALL THE WAY DOWN. ANOTHER WITNESS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED TO HER THAT THE CHUTE WAS NOT FULLY OPEN AND APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THE CANOPY WAS DEFLATED. THE PARACHUTIST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROCEEDED TO THE GROUND AND LANDED HARD SUSTAINING MODERATE 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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