# Incident 20151231021469I: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3, Eloy, AZ, December 31, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2015, 17:25 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.7559° N, 111.5548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eloy, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7559&lon=-111.5548&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
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-2
- People aboard: 24
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151231021469I

## Narrative

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

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 SQUARE FOOT PRESCISION AERODYNAMICS XAOS 27. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CALM AND VFR.

THE SKYDIVER WAS A MEMBER OF USPA AND HAD APPROXIMATELY 950 JUMPS.

## 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 20140125003209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140125003209I), Jan 25, 2014: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 3 (N41LH), Eloy, AZ, No damage, 1 fatal. Three skydivers exited the aircraft and successfully conducted a freefall formation. Statements made by two jumpers indicate that after the formation all three…

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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