# Incident 20090102007249I: Sebastian, FL, January 2, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2009, 13:10 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBASTIAN MUNI (X26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- 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/20090102007249I

## Narrative

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

THE SKYDIVER SEPARATED FROM HIS PARACHUTE HARNESS/CONTAINER ASSEMBLY SHORTLY AFTER DEPLOYING THE MAIN PARACHUTE.  HE THEN FELL SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET TO THE GROUND, AND WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HE IMPACTED A PAVED ROAD JUST OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE.  THE PARACHUTE AND HARNESS/CONTAINER ASSEMBLY CAME TO REST HANGING ON POWER LINES ABOUT 1,000 FEET AWAY.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT THE SKYDIVER DID NOT HAVE THE PARACHUTE LEG HARNESSES SECURED AROUND HIS LEGS.  HE WAS WEARING A WING SUIT DURING THE JUMP AND THE UNSECURED HARNESSES WERE APPARENTLY TUCKED INTO THE SUIT THROUGH HARNESS OPENINGS IN THE REAR WAIST OF THE SUIT, BUT HE HAD FAILED TO PUT HIS LEGS THROUGH THE HARNESSES AND TIGHTEN THEM WHILE DONNING THE WING SUIT.  THIS WAS REPORTEDLY ONE OF THE SKYDIVER'S FIRST FEW JUMPS USING A WING SUIT.  HIS REPORTED TOTAL EXPERIENCE CONSISTED OF 110 JUMPS SINCE HE BEGAN SKYDIVING IN 2007.  (SEE ATTACHED SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION DETAILS)

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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