# Incident 20100728040769I: Marion, MT, July 28, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2010, 16:15 local time
- Place: Marion, MT
- Airport: Lost Prairie, Marion, Mt.
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 48.0865° N, 114.6796° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0865&lon=-114.6796&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/20100728040769I

## Narrative

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

RECEIVED CALL FROM FLATHEAD COUNTY SHERIFF -CORONER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF A FATAL PARACHUTING INCIDENT INVOLVING GARL MICHAEL NEWBY AT @ 4:15 JULY 27TH AT THE "SKY DIVE LOST PRAIRIE" AIRSTRIP NEAR MARION, MONTANA. MR. NEWBY  HAD EXITED AN AIRCRAFT AT @13,000' AGL WITH 16 OTHER SKY DIVERS AND PERFORMED A FORMATION, THEN A NORMAL FORMATION BREAKUP.  ALL PULLED MAIN PARACHUTES AT BETWEEN 3000' & 3500' AGL. MR. NEWBY'S MAIN PARACHUTE TANGLED AND CONTACTED/DESTROYED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAIN PARACHUTE AT ABOUT 2800' AGL CAUSING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO RELEASE HIS MAIN PARACHUTE & SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOY HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE. MR. NEWBY CONTINUED FREEFALL WITH THE TWO TANGLED MAIN PARACHUTES UNTIL CUTAWAY AT @1200'-1500' AGL. MR. NEWBY THEN BEGAN FREEFALL AGAIN & DID NOT DEPLOY HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE UNTIL BETWEEN 50' TO 100' PER SEVERAL WITNESS ACCOUNTS. MR. NEWBY'S RESERVE PARACHUTE NEVER FULLY OPENED (DUE TO LATE DEPLOYMENT) AND WAS LATER CUT AWAY BY THE PARAMEDICS.INFO: 4000+ JUMPS, LISTED AS AN EXPERT SKYDIVER SINCE MID 1980'S, MEMBER USPAPARACHUTE INFO:MAIN CANOPY-TEMPO 150, SN 179539 BY PISA, MFG'D 4-97HARNESS AND CONTAINER -RACER SN 44710 BY JUMPSHACKAAD CUPRES EXP 1 MFG'D 5-00 BATTERIE DUE 11/09ADDITIONAL/SUPPORTING INFORMATION IN FLATHEAD COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATIVE REPORT #201029499

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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