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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Norfolk, NE · July 9, 2009

Date: July 9, 2009 · 21:15 local
Place: Norfolk, NE
Airport: Karl Stefan Memorial
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N3109J
Reported as: Cessna 150G
Reported engine: Continental O200*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N3109JRegistered now · Cessna 150GS/N 15065809 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150G Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On July 7, 2009, at approximately 2115 CDT, a parachutist jumped from a Cessna 150, N3109J, at 3000 feet MSL over the kofk airport. The parachutist deployed his canopy and performed a spiral maneuver low to the ground. The canopy collapsed and the parachutist was unable to slow his descent before impacting the ground. The parachutist received a blow to his head and a broken leg. The pilot of the Cessna 150 landed safely at the kofk airport. The parachutist was air lifted to the mercy medical center in sioux city, Iowa. He was placed in a medically induced comma and was listed in critical condition.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 7, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 2115 CDT, A PARACHUTIST JUMPED FROM A CESSNA 150, N3109J, AT 3000 FEET MSL OVER THE KOFK AIRPORT. THE PARACHUTIST DEPLOYED HIS CANOPY AND PERFORMED A SPIRAL MANEUVER LOW TO THE GROUND. THE CANOPY COLLAPSED AND THE PARACHUTIST WAS UNABLE TO SLOW HIS DESCENT BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND. THE PARACHUTIST RECEIVED A BLOW TO HIS HEAD AND A BROKEN LEG. THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 150 LANDED SAFELY AT THE KOFK AIRPORT. THE PARACHUTIST WAS AIR LIFTED TO THE MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA. HE WAS PLACED IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMMA AND WAS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.