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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Perry, NY · July 24, 2016

Date: July 24, 2016 · 11:30 local
Place: Perry, NY
Airport: Perry-Warsaw
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1

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What happened

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

On 7/24/2016 at approx. 1130 EDT a student of rochester skydivers impacted terrain at a higher than normal velocity. The student was unable to deploy his main parachute at the planned altitude of 4500 ft AGL. By the time the student deployed his main parachute the reserve parachute deployed almost simultaneously (approx. 850 ft AGL). The student was airlifted to hospital complaining of numbness and tingling below the neck.

The injured student was treated for a fractured vertebrae.

As the FAA filed it

ON 7/24/2016 AT APPROX. 1130 EDT A STUDENT OF ROCHESTER SKYDIVERS IMPACTED TERRAIN AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL VELOCITY. THE STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO DEPLOY HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AT THE PLANNED ALTITUDE OF 4500 FT AGL. BY THE TIME THE STUDENT DEPLOYED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE THE RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY (APPROX. 850 FT AGL). THE STUDENT WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL COMPLAINING OF NUMBNESS AND TINGLING BELOW THE NECK.

THE INJURED STUDENT WAS TREATED FOR A FRACTURED VERTEBRAE.