# Incident 20071107825739I: Rosharon, TX, November 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2007, 16:00 local time
- Place: Rosharon, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.3500° N, 95.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosharon, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3500&lon=-95.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071107825739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 7, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM LOCAL, A PARACHUTIST RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF VOLUNTARY SPORT PARACHUTE ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF FM ROAD 521 AND FM ROAD 1462 IN BRAZORIA COUNT TEXAS. HE WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL NOVEMBER 9, 2007. THE EXPERIENCE LEVEL OF THE JUMPER INDICATES 110 JUMPS. THE JUMPERS CLUB AFFILIATION WAS WITH USPA, MEMBER NUMBER 188065, AND RECORDS INDICATE HE WAS CLASS B RATED. THE EQUIPMENT USED: MAIN PARACHUTE, PD 210, RESERVE PD 143, REFLEX BRAND CONTAINER SYSTEM, RESERVE CHUTE CONTAINED A CYPRES AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE PACKING RECORD INDICATES THE LAST PAC DATE WAS AUGUST 13, 2007 BY AN APPROVED FAA PARACHUTE RIGGER. THE JUMPER PACKED HIS OWN MAIN PARACHUTE.

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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