# Incident 20140125003209I: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3, Eloy, AZ, January 25, 2014 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 25, 2014, 10:45 local time - Place: Eloy, AZ - Airport: Eloy Municipal - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 32.8067° N, 111.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELOY MUNI (E60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8067&lon=-111.5866&mi=10 - Aircraft: N41LH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41LH) (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: AiResearch TPE331-2 (registry code 01498, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-2) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: SHORT BROS. & HARLAND SC7 SERIES 3 - People aboard: 4 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 1 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140125003209I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THREE SKYDIVERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED A FREEFALL FORMATION. STATEMENTS MADE BY TWO JUMPERS INDICATE THAT AFTER THE FORMATION ALL THREE JUMPERS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED THEIR MAIN CANOPIES AND WERE MANEUVERING AT APPROXIMATELY 1,100 FEET AGL. THE CANOPIES WERE FLYING APPROACH TO LANDING JUMPER "A" ABOVE THE OTHER TWO SUDDENLY MADE A TURN AND DESCENDED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN HE FORCEFULLY IMPACTED WITH ONE OF THE OTHER JUMPERS (JUMPER "B"). BOTH JUMPERS? CANOPIES BECAME ENTANGLED AND BEGAN A SPINNING DOWN PLANE DESCENT. JUMPER "B" CALLED OUT TO JUMPER "A" TO ?CUT AWAY? (RELEASE THE MAIN CANOPY TO DISENGAGE FROM EACH OTHER). WHEN THE JUMPER "A" DID NOT RESPOND, JUMPER "B" PERFORMED A CUT-AWAY AND WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOY HIS RESERVE CANOPY. ONCE UNDER A GOOD RESERVE CANOPY JUMPER "B" WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE JUMPER "A" DESCENDING TO THE WEST UNDER HIS MAIN CANOPY. SHORTLY AFTER JUMPER "B" CUT-AWAY FROM THE ENTANGLEMENT HIS MAIN CANOPY UNTANGLED FROM JUMPER "A" AND FELL STRAIGHT DOWN AND DRIFTED AWAY. A BRIEF VIDEO FOOTAGE WAS DISCOVERED WHICH CAUGHT THE LAST MOMENT OF CANOPY ENTANGLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT CUT-AWAY VERIFIED THAT JUMPER "A" CONTINUED TO DESCEND ON A STRAIGHT FORWARD FLIGHT PATH UNDER A FULLY DEPLOYED MAIN CANOPY UNTIL HE HIT THE GROUND. SEVERAL WITNESSES ON THE GROUND NOTED THAT JUMPER "A" DID NOT APPEAR TO BE CONSCIOUS DURING HIS DESCENT AFTER THE COLLISION. PERSONNEL WHO WENT OUT TO PICK UP JUMPER "A" AFTER HIS LANDING FOUND THAT HE WAS LAYING ON HIS SIDE WITH HIS HEAD TURNED, AND HAD NO HEARTBEAT. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL DETERMINED HE WAS DECEASED AT THE SITE. JUMPER "B" WAS ABLE TO LAND SUCCESSFULLY UNDER HIS RESERVE CANOPY AND SUFFERED ONLY ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS TO HIS LOWER LEGS. HE DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. ## Other reports on N41LH (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20190304010649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190304010649I), Mar 4, 2019: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (N41LH), Ariona City, AZ, No damage. Jumper left the aircraft at approx 14,ooo ft AGL equipped for a military high altitude high opening freefall type jump. Part of the military equipment worn… - [Incident 20151231021469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151231021469I), Dec 31, 2015: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (N41LH), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. On December 31st, 2015, at 1725L, an experienced jumper was killed when his main canopy suddenly collapsed about 150 feet above the ground. The canopy was a 93… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.