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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Douglas C-47 · Frederick, OK · July 22, 2014

Date: July 22, 2014 · 19:45 local
Place: Frederick, OK
Airport: Frederick Municipal
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N751A
Reported as: Douglas C-47
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 series
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,000 total120 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N751ARegistered now · Douglas C-47S/N 42-92277 · Built 1942 Airframe modelDouglas C-47 Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Members of the wwii airborne demonstration team were conducting a static line parachute jump over their drop zone located near the Frederick Municipal Airport, Frederick Oklahoma at approximately 1945 hours on July 22, 2014. The 10th (of 15) jumper's chute had a delayed deployment and a low speed malfunction. The chute experienced a "mae west" situation . Failed attempt to deploy emergency parachute. Jumper landed at a rate which caused the fatality. The fatality was prior army airborne with 37 documented jumps from July 1968 through March 1975 and had received 30 hours of documented training in 2014. He had made two successful jumps in the days preceding the incident.

As the FAA filed it

MEMBERS OF THE WWII AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATION TEAM WERE CONDUCTING A STATIC LINE PARACHUTE JUMP OVER THEIR DROP ZONE LOCATED NEAR THE FREDERICK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FREDERICK OKLAHOMA AT APPROXIMATELY 1945 HOURS ON JULY 22, 2014. THE 10TH (OF 15) JUMPER'S CHUTE HAD A DELAYED DEPLOYMENT AND A LOW SPEED MALFUNCTION. THE CHUTE EXPERIENCED A "MAE WEST" SITUATION . FAILED ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY EMERGENCY PARACHUTE. JUMPER LANDED AT A RATE WHICH CAUSED THE FATALITY. THE FATALITY WAS PRIOR ARMY AIRBORNE WITH 37 DOCUMENTED JUMPS FROM JULY 1968 THROUGH MARCH 1975 AND HAD RECEIVED 30 HOURS OF DOCUMENTED TRAINING IN 2014. HE HAD MADE TWO SUCCESSFUL JUMPS IN THE DAYS PRECEDING THE INCIDENT.