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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Eloy, AZ · April 28, 2012

Date: April 28, 2012 · 08:30 local
Place: Eloy, AZ
Airport: Eloy Municipal
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1

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What happened

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Parachutist on approach to land flared too early causing him to drift to the right near a parking area. The parachutist then tried to correct but did not apply enough correction and the parachutist landed near a log parking baracade. As he touched down the parachutist lost his balance because of continued forward motion and fell head first in the log parking baracade. The parachutist received a fractured neck and was initially paralized from the neck down.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTIST ON APPROACH TO LAND FLARED TOO EARLY CAUSING HIM TO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT NEAR A PARKING AREA. THE PARACHUTIST THEN TRIED TO CORRECT BUT DID NOT APPLY ENOUGH CORRECTION AND THE PARACHUTIST LANDED NEAR A LOG PARKING BARACADE. AS HE TOUCHED DOWN THE PARACHUTIST LOST HIS BALANCE BECAUSE OF CONTINUED FORWARD MOTION AND FELL HEAD FIRST IN THE LOG PARKING BARACADE. THE PARACHUTIST RECEIVED A FRACTURED NECK AND WAS INITIALLY PARALIZED FROM THE NECK DOWN.