# Incident 20160209001969I: Eloy, AZ, February 9, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2016, 10:45 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Eloy Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160209001969I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT VICTIMS CHUTE DID OPEN AS DESIGNED. WHILE MANUVERING FOR THE LANDING THE RIGHT STEERING LINE BECAME ENTANGLED ON HIS GO-PRO CAMERA.  HE IMPACTED THE GROUND LESS THAN 2 SECONDS LATER.

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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