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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Siloam Springs, AR · September 30, 2017

Date
September 30, 2017 · 13:59 local
Place
Siloam Springs, AR
Airport
Smith Field Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
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 September 30, 2017, at 1359 CST, during a skydiving event at

Siloam Springs ar. The tandem instructor landed on the student?s foot as it drug underneath him, breaking bones in the students leg. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

Tandem instructor: privacy data omitted d-rated experienced uspa certified jumper, jumping a parachute rig owned by skyranch

Student jumper: privacy data omitted

Once the office was notified of the incident, 7 days had passed since the date of the incident. When the instructor was contacted, he stated that he did not know which parachute was used during the jump and there would be no way to determine the particular parachute or their corresponding packing records.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, AT 1359 CST, DURING A SKYDIVING EVENT AT

SILOAM SPRINGS AR. THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR LANDED ON THE STUDENT?S FOOT AS IT DRUG UNDERNEATH HIM, BREAKING BONES IN THE STUDENTS LEG. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

TANDEM INSTRUCTOR: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ D-RATED EXPERIENCED USPA CERTIFIED JUMPER, JUMPING A PARACHUTE RIG OWNED BY SKYRANCH

STUDENT JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

ONCE THE OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT, 7 DAYS HAD PASSED SINCE THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT. WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR WAS CONTACTED, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHICH PARACHUTE WAS USED DURING THE JUMP AND THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO DETERMINE THE PARTICULAR PARACHUTE OR THEIR CORRESPONDING PACKING RECORDS.