# Incident 20150411005899I: Lincoln, CA, April 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2015, 16:50 local time
- Place: Lincoln, CA
- Airport: Lincoln Regional Airport/Karl
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.8779° N, 121.3040° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lincoln, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8779&lon=-121.3040&mi=10
- Aircraft: ONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150411005899I

## Narrative

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

THE SKYDIVING INCIDENT WAS OBSERVED BY THREE SKYDIVER WITNESSES ON THE GROUND AT THE SKYDIVE SACRAMENTO SKYDIVERS LANDING ZONE, NORTHWEST OF THE RUNWAY AT THE LINCOLN AIRPORT.  THE SKYDIVER W. HAWKINS WAS SEEN TO HAVE A NORMAL OPENING ?GOOD CHUTE?, AND BEGAN A COMMON SPIRALING DECENT MANEUVER.  AT APPROXIMATE 50-60 FEET FROM ABOVE THE GROUND THE PARASAIL AIRFOIL CHUTE COLLAPSED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, CAUSING THE SKYDIVER TO DESCEND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND IMPACT THE GROUND.  THE SKYDIVER CONTACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH SPEED UNUSUAL ATTITUDE RESULTING IN A FATAL INJURY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- 00000: no report for this aircraft in the release

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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