# Incident 20180122001099I: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 2, Perris, CA, January 22, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2018, 15:37 local time
- Place: Perris, CA
- Airport: Perris Valley
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.7646° N, 117.2190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRIS VALLEY (L65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7646&lon=-117.2190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4NE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Short Bros. & Harland SC7 SERIES 2 (registry code 8100510, https://openairdocs.org/model/short-bros-harland-sc7-series-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SHORT BROS. & HARLAND SC7 SERIES 2
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- 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/20180122001099I

## Narrative

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

JANUARY 22, 2018, PERRIS, CA. (L-65), DURING WINGSUIT PARACHUTE COMPETITION 4 JUMPERS DEPARTED AIRCRAFT REG. NUMBER: N4NE, AT APPROX. 3.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF L-65 AND AT APPROX. 10,000 FEET HIGH.  UPON EXIT, ALL FOUR JUMPERS MADE SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER; TWO OF THE JUMPERS STRUGGLED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF FLIGHT.  ONE OR TWO SECONDS LATER AS THE TWO JUMPERS WERE REGAINING CONTROL THEY  COLLIDED WITH EACH OTHER.  ONE OF THE JUMPER?S CANOPY APPEARED AS IF IT DID NOT OPEN.

## Other reports on N4NE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20101017048949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101017048949I), Oct 17, 2010: Short Bros. SC7 SERIES (N4NE), Borrego Springs, CA, Minor damage. After dropping off parachute jumpers, the pilot returned to Borrego Springs. On final the pilot passed power lines and continued his decent. After crossing the…

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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