# Incident 20170930014279I: Siloam Springs, AR, September 30, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2017, 13:59 local time
- Place: Siloam Springs, AR
- Airport: Smith Field Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.1854° N, 94.5300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Siloam Springs, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1854&lon=-94.5300&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170930014279I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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