# Accident 20081230856839A: Zephyrhills, FL, December 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&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/20081230856839A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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