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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Lake Elsinore, CA · June 21, 2008

Date: June 21, 2008 · 11:50 local
Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: NONE
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted, affiliated as an intstructor with skydive Elsinore and a uspa d license, pro rated parachutist with over 4,000 jumps, was fatally injured as a result of his reserve chute not being deployed in sufficient tiem to avoid impactin the surface. His main canopy control toggle was compromised by a tension knot. His harness was found to be loosened, which caused repositioning of the reserve chute activation mechanism, which was found still stowed in the velcro pocket. An automatic reserve chute deployment system was not installed on the reserve chute.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AFFILIATED AS AN INTSTRUCTOR WITH SKYDIVE ELSINORE AND A USPA D LICENSE, PRO RATED PARACHUTIST WITH OVER 4,000 JUMPS, WAS FATALLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF HIS RESERVE CHUTE NOT BEING DEPLOYED IN SUFFICIENT TIEM TO AVOID IMPACTIN THE SURFACE. HIS MAIN CANOPY CONTROL TOGGLE WAS COMPROMISED BY A TENSION KNOT. HIS HARNESS WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSENED, WHICH CAUSED REPOSITIONING OF THE RESERVE CHUTE ACTIVATION MECHANISM, WHICH WAS FOUND STILL STOWED IN THE VELCRO POCKET. AN AUTOMATIC RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM WAS NOT INSTALLED ON THE RESERVE CHUTE.