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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Deland, FL · September 7, 2009

Date
September 7, 2009 · 15:45 local
Place
Deland, FL
Airport
Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
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.

Parachute jumper privacy data omitted jumped from N820AB and missed landing zone (Deland airport, Florida. 32720) by one half mile and landed on highway 92. Parachute jumper had on a head cam. The footage was interpreted by privacy data omitted (owner) of sky diver Deland. privacy data omitted Arrived at the scene and talked to the jumper, who said he opened the chute at approx 2800 ft and while descending, spent an unusual amount to time trying to secure his parachute slider. At approx 1200 ft he realized he had drifted away from the land zone and would have to make a landing elsewhere. Upon landing the he turned 180 degrees and landed before he could flair hitting the highway and sustaining injuries to the right upper arm and pelvis. The jumper passed away at the hospital the next days landing elsewhere.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTE JUMPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ JUMPED FROM N820AB AND MISSED LANDING ZONE (DELAND AIRPORT, FLORIDA. 32720) BY ONE HALF MILE AND LANDED ON HIGHWAY 92. PARACHUTE JUMPER HAD ON A HEAD CAM. THE FOOTAGE WAS INTERPRETED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (OWNER) OF SKY DIVER DELAND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AND TALKED TO THE JUMPER, WHO SAID HE OPENED THE CHUTE AT APPROX 2800 FT AND WHILE DESCENDING, SPENT AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT TO TIME TRYING TO SECURE HIS PARACHUTE SLIDER. AT APPROX 1200 FT HE REALIZED HE HAD DRIFTED AWAY FROM THE LAND ZONE AND WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A LANDING ELSEWHERE. UPON LANDING THE HE TURNED 180 DEGREES AND LANDED BEFORE HE COULD FLAIR HITTING THE HIGHWAY AND SUSTAINING INJURIES TO THE RIGHT UPPER ARM AND PELVIS. THE JUMPER PASSED AWAY AT THE HOSPITAL THE NEXT DAYS LANDING ELSEWHERE.