# Incident 20161023022069I: Dayton, IL, October 23, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2016, 10:20 local time
- Place: Dayton, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.3915° N, 88.7992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dayton, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3915&lon=-88.7992&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161023022069I

## Narrative

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

MICHAEL COLLINS PARACHUTED OUT OF A SKYDIVE CHICAGO AIRCRAFT ON 10/23/2016 AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 14,000 FEET. HE DEPLOYED HIS CHUTE AROUND 4,000 FEET AND IT WAS FULLY INFLATED AT 3,000 FEET. HE WAS LAST SEEN AROUND 400 FEET AND ABOUT 1/2 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE LANDING ZONE. THE JUMP PLANE FLEW OVER THE AREA THAT MR. COLLINS LANDED. AT THAT TIME IT APPEARED THAT MR. COLLINS STRUCK A UTILITY SIGN AND HIS CHUTE WAS ENTANGLED IN IT AND HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE GROUND BY HIS CHUTE. AN EMPLOYEE FROM SKYDIVE CHICAGO THEN BOARDED THE JUMP PLANE AND PARACHUTED INTO THE AREA WHERE MR. COLLINS WAS LOCATED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WAS SEVERELY INJURED, IN SHOCK AND NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. AN AIR AMBULANCE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA. MR COLLINS WAS ALERT AND AWARE OF HIS SURROUNDING AT THE TIME HE WAS LOADED INTO THE AIR AMBULANCE. SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA UNIT, HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

MR. COLLINS HAD OVER 166 JUMPS WITH SKYDIVE CHICAGO. THERE WAS NO CLUB AFFILIATION THAT THE FAA IS AWARE OF. THE

MAIN PARACHUTE WAS A PERFORMANCE DESIGN SABER 2, P/N SA02, S/N SA210011142 AND DATE OF MANUFACTURE WAS 12/2008. OVERALL THE PARACHUTE WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND WAS THE RIGHT CANOPY FOR THIS LEVEL OF JUMPER. THE BACK UP WAS NOT USED.  IT WAS ALSO IN GOOD CONDITION AND PACKING RECORDS WERE CURRENT AND UP TO DATE.

WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH GUSTY WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST GUSTING UP TO 12 KTS.

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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