20210516007819I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Deland, FL · May 16, 2021

Date
May 16, 2021 · 09:50 local
Place
Deland, FL
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
NONE
People aboard
0
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 may 16 2021 approximately 0950 parachutist privacy data omitted was involved in a fatal parachute accident. According to witness statements privacy data omitted was under fully operational canopy and navigating to the landing zone on final course to the landing zone.

privacy data omitted Parachute canopy collided with another parachutist?s canopy that collison caused privacy data omitted canopy to partially collapse which induce a spinning dive on privacy data omitted canopy which result in a privacy data omitted hitting the ground at a high rate of speed and causing his death. Inspector privacy data omitted inspected privacy data omitted parachute rig found no defects with his harness and reserve canopy which was last packed February 23 2021.

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 16 2021 APPROXIMATELY 0950 PARACHUTIST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL PARACHUTE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNDER FULLY OPERATIONAL CANOPY AND NAVIGATING TO THE LANDING ZONE ON FINAL COURSE TO THE LANDING ZONE.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PARACHUTE CANOPY COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARACHUTIST?S CANOPY THAT COLLISON CAUSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY TO PARTIALLY COLLAPSE WHICH INDUCE A SPINNING DIVE ON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CANOPY WHICH RESULT IN A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HITTING THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND CAUSING HIS DEATH. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSPECTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PARACHUTE RIG FOUND NO DEFECTS WITH HIS HARNESS AND RESERVE CANOPY WHICH WAS LAST PACKED FEBRUARY 23 2021.