# Incident 20100529005399I: Butler, MO, May 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2010, 18:00 local time
- Place: Butler, MO
- Airport: Butler Memorial
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.2898° N, 94.3401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUTLER MEML (BUM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2898&lon=-94.3401&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- 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/20100529005399I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER WAS PRACTICING FORMATION CANOPY FLYING WITH THREE OTHER JUMPERS WHEN HE GOT ENTANGLED IN THE SHROUD LINES OF ANOTHER CANOPY. AFTER SEPARATING FROM THE MAIN CHUTE, THE SKYDIVER DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE CHUTE WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR IT TO OPEN. JUMPER IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SUFFERED FATAL INJURY.  NAME OF JUMPER: RUSSELL ELLIOTEXPERIENCE: 1300+ JUMPSCLUB AFFILIATION; MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY SKYDIVERSDESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTES: MAIN; VECTOR, RESERVE; RAVENPACKING RECORD: PACKED 03/21/2010

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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