20081230856839A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Zephyrhills, FL · December 30, 2008

Date
December 30, 2008 · 17:30 local
Place
Zephyrhills, FL
Airport
Zephyrhills Municipal
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.

(-23) On December 26, 2008 at approximately 1730 EDT, at sky dive city located in Zephyrhills, FL two persons participating a parachute jump collided in mid air, causing the death of one parachutist and injuring the other parachutist. Information on injured parachutist: privacy data omitted, current d license from united states parachute association with approximately thirty years of skydiving experience and well over one thousand jumps. Club affiliation is with united states parachute associate. Parachute was a saber two with a reserve pack date of September 04, 2008. Information on deceased parachutist: privacy data omitted, current d license from united states parachute associate with approximately 10 years of skydiving experience and well over nine hundred jumps. Club affiliation is with united states parachute associate. Parachute was a diablo with a reserve pack date of October 17, 2008.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 26, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 EDT, AT SKY DIVE CITY LOCATED IN ZEPHYRHILLS, FL TWO PERSONS PARTICIPATING A PARACHUTE JUMP COLLIDED IN MID AIR, CAUSING THE DEATH OF ONE PARACHUTIST AND INJURING THE OTHER PARACHUTIST. INFORMATION ON INJURED PARACHUTIST: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CURRENT D LICENSE FROM UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION WITH APPROXIMATELY THIRTY YEARS OF SKYDIVING EXPERIENCE AND WELL OVER ONE THOUSAND JUMPS. CLUB AFFILIATION IS WITH UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATE. PARACHUTE WAS A SABER TWO WITH A RESERVE PACK DATE OF SEPTEMBER 04, 2008. INFORMATION ON DECEASED PARACHUTIST: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, CURRENT D LICENSE FROM UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATE WITH APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS OF SKYDIVING EXPERIENCE AND WELL OVER NINE HUNDRED JUMPS. CLUB AFFILIATION IS WITH UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATE. PARACHUTE WAS A DIABLO WITH A RESERVE PACK DATE OF OCTOBER 17, 2008.