What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On March 20 2017 during skydivesebastian sky diving excercise sky diver 1-privacy data omitted departed jump aircraft N30EA during skydiving excercise over Sebastian airport (X26) and during free fall collided with sky diver 2-privacy data omitted. After collision both sky divers continued with jump and both chutes opened normally according to police report incident # 17-0649 filed by Sebastian police dept. Sky diver 1 landed hard according to police report filed and was not getting up after landing. Sky diver 2 landed and was not injured. Witnesses approached sky diver 1 and he was having trouble breathing and had some cuts on his facial area. Rescue arrived on scene and transported privacy data omitted(sky diver 1) to the hospital by air rescue unit.
Skydiver privacy data omitted
Experience: 1600 jumps filed
Member: fia parachuting commission
Main parachute was a cross fire 119 and reserve chute was an optima 135.
Chute pack date was feb 2017.
Parachute container was a javelin container.
Aad automatic deployment system was not activated because main chute was deployed manually by skydiver.
As the FAA filed it
ON MARCH 20 2017 DURING SKYDIVESEBASTIAN SKY DIVING EXCERCISE SKY DIVER 1-^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED JUMP AIRCRAFT N30EA DURING SKYDIVING EXCERCISE OVER SEBASTIAN AIRPORT (X26) AND DURING FREE FALL COLLIDED WITH SKY DIVER 2-^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AFTER COLLISION BOTH SKY DIVERS CONTINUED WITH JUMP AND BOTH CHUTES OPENED NORMALLY ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORT INCIDENT # 17-0649 FILED BY SEBASTIAN POLICE DEPT. SKY DIVER 1 LANDED HARD ACCORDING TO POLICE REPORT FILED AND WAS NOT GETTING UP AFTER LANDING. SKY DIVER 2 LANDED AND WAS NOT INJURED. WITNESSES APPROACHED SKY DIVER 1 AND HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AND HAD SOME CUTS ON HIS FACIAL AREA. RESCUE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND TRANSPORTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^(SKY DIVER 1) TO THE HOSPITAL BY AIR RESCUE UNIT.
SKYDIVER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
EXPERIENCE: 1600 JUMPS FILED
MEMBER: FIA PARACHUTING COMMISSION
MAIN PARACHUTE WAS A CROSS FIRE 119 AND RESERVE CHUTE WAS AN OPTIMA 135.
CHUTE PACK DATE WAS FEB 2017.
PARACHUTE CONTAINER WAS A JAVELIN CONTAINER.
AAD AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM WAS NOT ACTIVATED BECAUSE MAIN CHUTE WAS DEPLOYED MANUALLY BY SKYDIVER.
Other reports on N30EA · 7
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.