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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206F · Osage City, KS · June 30, 2012

Date: June 30, 2012 · 07:30 local
Place: Osage City, KS
Airport: Osage City Municipal
Phase of flight: Unknown
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N9595G
Reported as: Cessna U206F
Reported engine: Continental IO-550-D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N9595GRegistered now · Cessna U206FS/N U20601795 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna U206F Engine modelContinental IO-550-DReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Jumper was doing a three way rw dive. Exit, freefall, breakoff and deployment went as planned. Jumper entered the landing pattern at an appropriate altitude and flew downwind, base and final. Jumper was on final at approximately 300 feet. The canopy was observed to be flying straight with the wing level all the way to the ground and didn?t appear to be experiencing any turbulence. The canopy had some, but not much forward drive due to the ground winds. At approximately 50 feet the jumper started jabbing on the left toggle but the input was not enough in stroke or duration to appear to have any effect on the flight path of the canopy. Just before impact the jumper picked his feet up and then started to flare. The start of the flare was very late only giving the jumper time to get the toggles to ear level. The jumper landed hard, legs forward in a seated postion, and then laid down without making any attempt to deflate his canopy.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER WAS DOING A THREE WAY RW DIVE. EXIT, FREEFALL, BREAKOFF AND DEPLOYMENT WENT AS PLANNED. JUMPER ENTERED THE LANDING PATTERN AT AN APPROPRIATE ALTITUDE AND FLEW DOWNWIND, BASE AND FINAL. JUMPER WAS ON FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET. THE CANOPY WAS OBSERVED TO BE FLYING STRAIGHT WITH THE WING LEVEL ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND AND DIDN?T APPEAR TO BE EXPERIENCING ANY TURBULENCE. THE CANOPY HAD SOME, BUT NOT MUCH FORWARD DRIVE DUE TO THE GROUND WINDS. AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET THE JUMPER STARTED JABBING ON THE LEFT TOGGLE BUT THE INPUT WAS NOT ENOUGH IN STROKE OR DURATION TO APPEAR TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE CANOPY. JUST BEFORE IMPACT THE JUMPER PICKED HIS FEET UP AND THEN STARTED TO FLARE. THE START OF THE FLARE WAS VERY LATE ONLY GIVING THE JUMPER TIME TO GET THE TOGGLES TO EAR LEVEL. THE JUMPER LANDED HARD, LEGS FORWARD IN A SEATED POSTION, AND THEN LAID DOWN WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO DEFLATE HIS CANOPY.

Other reports on N9595G · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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