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.
Parachutist struck the horizontal stabilizer with his head and knocked unconscious on exit from aircraft while attempting to perform a hop and pop parachute jump. Reserve parachute deployed via automatic activation device (aad). The parachutist landed unconscious and was transported to queens medical center for treatment.
As the FAA filed it
PARACHUTIST STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WITH HIS HEAD AND KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS ON EXIT FROM AIRCRAFT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM A HOP AND POP PARACHUTE JUMP. RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED VIA AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD). THE PARACHUTIST LANDED UNCONSCIOUS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER FOR TREATMENT.
Other reports on N9454F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.