20081228853689I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Mount Vernon, MO · December 28, 2008

Date
December 28, 2008 · 13:56 local
Place
Mount Vernon, MO
Airport
Mount Vernon Municipal
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
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

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.

Per FAA order 8020.11B paragraph 265: name of jumper: privacy data omitted. Experience and training of jumper: unknown at this time, will update information when available. Club affiliation: freefall express skydiving, inc. description of the parachutes and their packing records: main parachute: performance designs model spectre 170, serial no: SP170-002264. No packing record; parachutist may pack their own parachute. Reserve parachute: performance designs pd reserve model 193, serial no: 14525. Packed by privacy data omitted on 10/10/2008. privacy data omitted Jumped from aircraft at 10,000 feet. At about 3,500 feet, he deployed his main parachute and for some unknown reason then cut the main parachue away. At about 2,000 feet, he deployed his reserve parachute, which did not fully open before impacting the ground. Incident number privacy data omitted is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

PER FAA ORDER 8020.11B PARAGRAPH 265: NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER: UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, WILL UPDATE INFORMATION WHEN AVAILABLE. CLUB AFFILIATION: FREEFALL EXPRESS SKYDIVING, INC. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND THEIR PACKING RECORDS: MAIN PARACHUTE: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS MODEL SPECTRE 170, SERIAL NO: SP170-002264. NO PACKING RECORD; PARACHUTIST MAY PACK THEIR OWN PARACHUTE. RESERVE PARACHUTE: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS PD RESERVE MODEL 193, SERIAL NO: 14525. PACKED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON 10/10/2008. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ JUMPED FROM AIRCRAFT AT 10,000 FEET. AT ABOUT 3,500 FEET, HE DEPLOYED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THEN CUT THE MAIN PARACHUE AWAY. AT ABOUT 2,000 FEET, HE DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE, WHICH DID NOT FULLY OPEN BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND. INCIDENT NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.