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) Reserve parachute deployed into the air stream while privacy data omitted was still in the aircraft. Reserve chute pulled privacy data omitted into the left horizontal stabilizer and elevator control surface causing substantial aircraft damage. Aircraft landed without incident. Name of jumper: privacy data omitted experience and training: 63 jumps (3 in the last 30 days and 20 in the last 12 months); uspa certificated. Club affiliation: us parachute association. Description of parachute: precision (man. Date 1/2000), super-raven ii, serial number 29105.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED INTO THE AIR STREAM WHILE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS STILL IN THE AIRCRAFT. RESERVE CHUTE PULLED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INTO THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR CONTROL SURFACE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: 63 JUMPS (3 IN THE LAST 30 DAYS AND 20 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS); USPA CERTIFICATED. CLUB AFFILIATION: US PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION. DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTE: PRECISION (MAN. DATE 1/2000), SUPER-RAVEN II, SERIAL NUMBER 29105.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.