# Incident 20130216003179I: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL, Oceanside, CA, February 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2013, 14:10 local time
- Place: Oceanside, CA
- Airport: Oceanside Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.2179° N, 117.3517° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Oceanside Municipal Airport (OKB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2179&lon=-117.3517&mi=10
- Aircraft: N750DZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750DZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 05617YD, https://openairdocs.org/model/pacific-aerospace-750xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PACIFIC AEROSPACE CORP LTD 750XL
- 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/20130216003179I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 16, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:10PM, SARAH HENDERSON, 2320 EAST NICHOLS PL., CENTENNIAL, CO 80122, USPA B LICENSE 35441, WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS IN A FREE FALL SKYDIVING COLLISION WITH ANOTHER SKYDIVER.

THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 6000FT, FOLLOWING A FREEFALL FROM 13,00FT IN A 10 PERSON "TRACKING" SKYDIVE, ABOVE OCEANSIDE AIRPORT, OCEANSIDE, CA.

AT APPROXIMATELY 700FT AGL, HER "VIGIL" AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE CUT THE RESERVE CLOSING LOOP AND DEPLOYED HER RESERVE PARACHUTE.  AT THIS POINT, THE INJURED JUMPER WAS OBSERVED BY A WITNESS ON THE GOUND TO BE CONSCIOUS AND ATTEMPTING TO STEER HER FULLY DEPLOYED RESERVE PARACHUTE.

THE INJURED JUMPER LANDED IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, ADJACENT TO THE OCEANSIDE AIRPORT, STRIKING A CHAIN LINK FENCE, WHICH RESULTED IN  INJURIES TO HER BACK AND NECK.

TREATED AT THE SCENE BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, SHE WAS TRANSPORTED BY MERCY AIR HELICOPTER TO SCRIPPS LA JOLLA HOSPITAL.

THE OTHER JUMPER SUFFERED MINOR BRUISING AND DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

## Other reports on N750DZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20210712010679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210712010679I), Jul 12, 2021: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N750DZ), Salisbury, NC, No damage, 1 fatal. Skydiver was fatally injured when he impacted the ground with too much force during landing. Witnesses state they observed decedent to be under a full canopy…

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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