# Incident 20120428008009I: Eloy, AZ, April 28, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2012, 08:30 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120428008009I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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