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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206F · Osage City, KS · November 7, 2015

Date
November 7, 2015 · 16:30 local
Place
Osage City, KS
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N9595G
Reported as
Cessna U206F
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0

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.

privacy data omitted And Mr. Mark jungk, later deceased, exited the aircraft at 10K feet AGL. They had an uneventful free fall. At approximately 3,500 feet AGL they separated, tracked apart and opened their canopies.

After their canopies opened, Mr. Jungk apparently collided with privacy data omitted riser lines. Mr. Jungk became entangled in the riser lines of both canopies, causing them to spin out of control. At approximately 2,000 feet, privacy data omitted was able to cut away from his main canopy and deployed his reserve canopy.

privacy data omitted Watched Mr. Jungk continue to spiral down to impact with both main canopies, his reserve bridle, and un-deployed reserve canopy entangled. privacy data omitted Landed safely under his reserve canopy. The impact was fatal to Mr. Jungk.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND MR. MARK JUNGK, LATER DECEASED, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 10K FEET AGL. THEY HAD AN UNEVENTFUL FREE FALL. AT APPROXIMATELY 3,500 FEET AGL THEY SEPARATED, TRACKED APART AND OPENED THEIR CANOPIES.

AFTER THEIR CANOPIES OPENED, MR. JUNGK APPARENTLY COLLIDED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RISER LINES. MR. JUNGK BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE RISER LINES OF BOTH CANOPIES, CAUSING THEM TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL. AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ABLE TO CUT AWAY FROM HIS MAIN CANOPY AND DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE CANOPY.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WATCHED MR. JUNGK CONTINUE TO SPIRAL DOWN TO IMPACT WITH BOTH MAIN CANOPIES, HIS RESERVE BRIDLE, AND UN-DEPLOYED RESERVE CANOPY ENTANGLED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED SAFELY UNDER HIS RESERVE CANOPY. THE IMPACT WAS FATAL TO MR. JUNGK.

Other reports on N9595G · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.