# Incident 20070930020709I: Stbros SC7SERIES3, Moab, UT, September 30, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Airport: Canyonlands Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.7576° N, 109.7535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANYONLANDS RGNL (CNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7576&lon=-109.7535&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26LH) (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
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070930020709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE JUMPER WAS THE SECOND JUMPER IN A GROUP OF THREE AND THE GROUP WAS THE NEXT TO LAST OF SEVERAL PREVIOUS GROUPS. HIS TWO COMPANIONS LOST SIGHT OF THE VICTIM RELATIVELY SOON AFTER THEY EXITED AND DID NOT WITNESS ANYTHING ABNORMAL. AFTER THE OTHER JUMPERS LANDED THE VICTIM WAS UNACCOUNTED FOR. A LOCAL SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED AND IN A SHORT TIME HE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE AIRPORT ON A HILLSIDE. AN ASI INSPECTED THE PARACHUTES. ALL SEEMED TO BE PACKED APPROPRIATELY AND WOULD HAVE OPERATED NORMALLY. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO WHY NO ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY EITHER CHUTE WAS MADE. THE EXIT ALTITUDE WAS 17,500'. OTHER JUMPERS TOLD LAW ENFORCEMENT THEY ALL HAD OXYGEN AND WERE USING IT AS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, THE INVESTIGATING SGT. REPORTED THAT THE SYSTEM WAS SIMPLY A TANK WITH A SPLITTER VALVE WITH TUBES RUNNING TO EACH JUMPER. HE WAS UNABLE TO INSPECT THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT BUT WAS SHOWN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AT THE EVENT AND WAS TOLD BY SOME JUMPERS THAT THE SYSTEMS WERE ALL ALIKE. AN AUTOPSY WAS ORDERED BUT IT MAY BE 10 WEEKS FOR THE RESULTS. THIS EVENT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY FSDO OR ATC REQUIREMENTS. THE JUMP AIRCRAFT WERE ALL CONTACTING DEN CENTER PRIOR TO EACH JUMP.

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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