# Incident 20210516007819I: Deland, FL, May 16, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2021, 09:50 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&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/20210516007819I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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