# Incident 20090606010119I: Ellington, CT, June 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2009, 09:10 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- 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/20090606010119I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  INVESTIGATED A PARACHUTE JUMPING INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 0910 ON JUNE 6, 2009.  THE PARACHUTIST SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HER ANKLE WHILE LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE LANDING ZONE.  EXAMINATION OF THE PARACHUTE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES TO THE MAIN PARACHUTE RELEASE SYSTEM, MAIN PARACHUTE "CUT AWAY" SYSTEM, OR RESERVE PARACHUTE.  1. NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  2. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER: 24 JUMPS, STUDENT PARACHUTIST.  3. CLUB AFFILIATION: CONNECTICUT PARACHUTISTS, INC.  4. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND PACKING RECORDS: THE PARACHUTE WAS A LARGE RECTANGULAR CANOPY IN GOOD CONDITION MANUFACTURED UNDER THE APPROPRIATE TSO.  THE PARACHUTE WAS OWNED BY CONNECTICUT PARACHUTISTS INC. AND WAS CONSIDERED A "STUDENT RIG".  THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC ASSISTANCE DEVICE (AAD).  THE MAIN AND RESERVE PARACHUTES WERE PACKED BY AN APPROPRIATELY RATED SENIOR PARACHUTE RIGGER.  INSPECTION OF THE PACKING RECORDS FOR THE RESERVE PARACHUTE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.  INSPECTION OF THE AAD MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.

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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