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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Rosharon, TX · March 12, 2008

Date: March 12, 2008 · 14:00 local
Place: Rosharon, TX
Airport: Bb Airpark
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: UNKNOWN
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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) The following information is required by FAA order 8020.11 for parachute jumping incidents: 1) name of jumper: privacy data omitted 2) experience and training of jumper: 4 tandom jumps during primary training. A total of 9 jumps and still in training. 3) club affiliation: skydive spaceland. 4) description of the parachutes and their packing records: the harness and container were javelin manufactured by sunpath products, inc., the date of manufacturer was 04-2006. The reserve parachute had the required packing card and had been repacked on 03-07-2008 by a master rigger. The cypress unit for the reserve parachute had a battery replacement in sept. 2007 as indicated on the reserve parachute inspection card.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED BY FAA ORDER 8020.11 FOR PARACHUTE JUMPING INCIDENTS: 1) NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 2) EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER: 4 TANDOM JUMPS DURING PRIMARY TRAINING. A TOTAL OF 9 JUMPS AND STILL IN TRAINING. 3) CLUB AFFILIATION: SKYDIVE SPACELAND. 4) DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND THEIR PACKING RECORDS: THE HARNESS AND CONTAINER WERE JAVELIN MANUFACTURED BY SUNPATH PRODUCTS, INC., THE DATE OF MANUFACTURER WAS 04-2006. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE HAD THE REQUIRED PACKING CARD AND HAD BEEN REPACKED ON 03-07-2008 BY A MASTER RIGGER. THE CYPRESS UNIT FOR THE RESERVE PARACHUTE HAD A BATTERY REPLACEMENT IN SEPT. 2007 AS INDICATED ON THE RESERVE PARACHUTE INSPECTION CARD.