# Incident 20190727013569I: Perry, NY, July 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2019, 11:30 local time
- Place: Perry, NY
- Airport: Perry-Warsaw
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.7413° N, 78.0521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PERRY-WARSAW (01G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7413&lon=-78.0521&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/20190727013569I

## Narrative

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

A SPORT PARACHUTE JUMPER DIED WHEN HE STRUCK THE GROUND DURING A PARACHUTE JUMP. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD AND FOUR JUMPERS DEPARTED THE JUMP PLANE AT 11,000 FEET OVER THE PERRY-WARSAW AIRPORT (B16). THE JUMPERS PERFORMED FORMATION MANEUVERS UNTIL 4500 FEET AGL, WHERE THEY BROKE FORMATION TO DEPLOY THEIR PARACHUTES. WITNESSES REPORT THAT THE DECEASED JUMPER'S CHUTE APPEARED TO DEPLOY AND INFLATE NORMALLY. AS THE JUMP PROGRESSED, WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE CHUTE BEGAN TO SPIRAL GENTLY, AND CONTINUED TO SPIRAL MORE QUICKLY UNTIL THE JUMPER STRUCK THE GROUND IN A CORN FIELD ON SOPER ROAD, SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. A WITNESS ON THE GROUND SAID THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE JUMPER WAS LIMP IN THE HARNESS. THE JUMP MASTER LANDED NEAR THE DECEASED JUMPER TO RENDER ASSISTANCE. EMS, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE ARRIVED ON SCENE. EMS STARTED CPR, BUT THE JUMPER HAD SUCCUMBED TO HIS INJURIES. THE CORONER'S OFFICE REPORTED THAT THE JUMPER DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. A MASTER RIGGER INSPECTED THE CHUTE AT THE SCENE WHILE IT WAS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE POLICE, BUT COULD FIND NO ABNORMALITIES. THE CHUTE WAS TAKEN BY THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE AND SECURED IN THEIR EVIDENCE ROOM. FAA INSPECTORS EXAMINED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE PARACHUTE AT THE STATE POLICE SUBSTATION IN WARSAW, NY. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS NOTED.

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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