# Incident 20101218053869I: Longmont, CO, December 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2010, 16:30 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&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/20101218053869I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 18, 2010 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 MST, PARACHUTIST DESCENDED TO GROUND AT VANCE BRAND AIRPORT (KLMO) IN LONGMONT, CO WHILE PERFORMING A SWOOPING MANEUVER.  VIDEO SHOWS CHUTE FULLY DEPLOYED AND PARACHUTIST FAILED TO FLARE AT GROUND. PARACHUTIST CONTACTED GROUND AT HIGH ANGLE HIGH SPEED.  PARACHUTIST SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

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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