20121208027589I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Cannon City, CO · December 8, 2012

Date: December 8, 2012 · 10:00 local
Place: Cannon City, CO
Airport: Fremont County
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

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On 8/12/2012 privacy data omitted was completing her 7th parachute sky dive. She had completed 5 tandem and 1 static line jumps previously. After the jump and successful parachute deployment, her statement was: she attempted to grab the steering toggle lines. She was able to reach the right one but not the left. Due to her inexperience she was unable to accurately control the canopy, she spiraled down and made hard impact landing on side of hill.

As the FAA filed it

ON 8/12/2012 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLETING HER 7TH PARACHUTE SKY DIVE. SHE HAD COMPLETED 5 TANDEM AND 1 STATIC LINE JUMPS PREVIOUSLY. AFTER THE JUMP AND SUCCESSFUL PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT, HER STATEMENT WAS: SHE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB THE STEERING TOGGLE LINES. SHE WAS ABLE TO REACH THE RIGHT ONE BUT NOT THE LEFT. DUE TO HER INEXPERIENCE SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCURATELY CONTROL THE CANOPY, SHE SPIRALED DOWN AND MADE HARD IMPACT LANDING ON SIDE OF HILL.