# Incident 20170610006019I: Ellington, CT, June 10, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&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/20170610006019I

## Narrative

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

AS WITNESSED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^: 5 SKYDIVERS WERE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT CT. PARACHUTE INC. MAIN LANDING AREA AND BEFORE TAKEOFF IT WAS AGREED ALL WOULD BE LANDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ELECTED TO LAND FROM SOUTH TO NORTH IN AN OPPOSING PATTERN. ANOTHER SKYDIVER WAS COMING IN FOR A LANDING AT THE SAME TIME AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH 400 FEET OF HORIZONTAL CLEARANCE, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET OF ALTITUDE REMAINING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN AGGRESSIVE PRECAUTIONARY LEFT TURN STRIKING THE GROUND AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF DECENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO HARTFORD HOSPITAL WHERE HE PERISHED.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 62 YEARS OLD WAS AN EXPERIENCED PARACHUTE JUMPER WITH OVER 5000 JUMPS.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CONNECTICUT PARACHUTE INC. ORGANIZATION FOR MANY YEARS.

EQUIPMENT USED WAS A SST RACER BACK PACK WITH CT 650 MAIN CHUTE AND A CTX 650 RESERVE.

THE LAST RECORDED DATE OF THE RESERVE CHUTE PACKING WAS ON 10 MAY 2017 BY RIGGER # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/USQ

ALL EQUIPMENT WAS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

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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