# Incident 20130615012559I: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3, Rosharon, TX, June 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2013, 15:30 local time
- Place: Rosharon, TX
- Airport: B And B Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.3500° N, 95.4531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rosharon, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3500&lon=-95.4531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (registry code 8100512, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-2 (registry code 33956, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS. & HARLAND SC7 SERIES 3
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-2
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130615012559I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30 LOCAL TIME AN EXPERIENCED SKYDIVER, MIGUEL CARRASCO, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HIS MAIN PARACHUTE FAILED,  WAS RELEASED, AND HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY.

THE LOCATION FOR THE JUMP ORIGINATED FROM B AND B AIRPARK, ROSHARON, TEXAS,AIRPORT ID: TE88.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THIS WAS MR. CARRASCO'S FOURTH JUMP OF THE DAY. THE JUMP STARTED FROM 13,000 FEET AND HIS MAIN PARACHUTE WAS OPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 3,500 FEET. HIS PARACHUTE WAS WITNESSED TO BE FULLY OPEN BUT NOT STEERABLE.

IT WAS OBSERVED THAT MR. CARRASCO RELEASED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE BUT THE RESERVE PARACHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY.

PARACHUTIST INFORMATION:

NAME: MIGUEL CARRASCO

EXPERIENCE: APPROXIMATELY 1000 JUMPS

TRAINING: UNKNOWEN

CLUB AFFILIATION:

MEMBER US PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION NUMBER 194385, LICENSE C-36181, VALID THRU 08/31/2013

MAIN PARACHUTE INFORMATION:

MANUFACTURE: ATAIR

MODEL: COBALT 120

S/N: 29760702

DATE OF MANUFACTURE 07/2002

OWNED AND PACKED BY MR. CARRASCO

NO REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE LOCATED

HARNESS INFORMATION

MANUFACTURE: UNITED PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGIES

MODEL: VECTOR 3

S/N: 46794

DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 01/24/2008

S/N: 46794

DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 01/24/2008

RESERVE PARACHUTE INFORMATION

MANUFACTURE: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS

MODEL: OP143

S/N: 001255

DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 04/2008

LAST REPACK: 06/12/2013

RIGGER INFORMATION

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

CERTIFICATE NO.: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SEAL NO. VPF

AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE

MANUFACTURE: VIGIL

MODEL: 2

S/N 25850

DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 09/2011

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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