# Incident 20080526834329I: Elroy, AZ, May 26, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Elroy, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080526834329I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 26, 2008 @ 1500 MST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PARTICIPATING IN A 88-PERSON FORMATION JUMP, COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER JUMPER WHILE EXECUTING A LANDING APPROACH (80-100'AGL)  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY (RT SIDE) MADE CONTACT WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BODY (LT SIDE) WHILE MAKING A RIGHT-HAND TURN INTO THE DESIGNATED LANDING ZONE.  MS NIEVES STATED SHE WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER THEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND ON A STRAIGHT-IN FINAL APPROACH WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CROSSED IN FRONT OF HER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THERE WAS NOT TIME TO REACT TO THE IMPENDING CONTACT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO FLY THROUGH THE CANOPY CONTACT AND CONTROL HER CANOPY AND LAND SAFELY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY COLLAPSED INITIALLY ON THE RT SIDE,WHICH CAUSED A DIVING RIGHT-HAND TURN.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ATLTITUDE TO INITIATE A RECOVER PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  HE RECEIVED FATAL 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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