# Incident 20080621839539I: Lake Elsinore, CA, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 11:50 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- 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/20080621839539I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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