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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Aircraft · Keystone Height, FL · November 13, 2020

Date
November 13, 2020 · 16:57 local
Place
Keystone Height, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 13, 2020, privacy data omitted and two other individuals boarded a C182 aircraft at 42J airport in Keystone heights, Florida for solo skydiving practice. privacy data omitted Was recording the event with a digital camera mounted to his helmet. The video evidence showed privacy data omitted was last in making the jump from the aircraft, his wrist altimeter displayed a reading of 1045 [meters assumed] at the time of the jump. The main parachute did not deploy properly, which was cut in order to deploy the reserve parachute. The reserve deployed at an insufficient altitude to be effective. privacy data omitted Remains were later recovered by emergency personnel in a wooded area located northwest of the airport at approximately at 29°51'18.8"n 82°03'51.5"w

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 13, 2020, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS BOARDED A C182 AIRCRAFT AT 42J AIRPORT IN KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FLORIDA FOR SOLO SKYDIVING PRACTICE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECORDING THE EVENT WITH A DIGITAL CAMERA MOUNTED TO HIS HELMET. THE VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LAST IN MAKING THE JUMP FROM THE AIRCRAFT, HIS WRIST ALTIMETER DISPLAYED A READING OF 1045 [METERS ASSUMED] AT THE TIME OF THE JUMP. THE MAIN PARACHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY, WHICH WAS CUT IN ORDER TO DEPLOY THE RESERVE PARACHUTE. THE RESERVE DEPLOYED AT AN INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO BE EFFECTIVE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REMAINS WERE LATER RECOVERED BY EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN A WOODED AREA LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY AT 29°51'18.8"N 82°03'51.5"W