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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Corpus Chrisi, TX · September 14, 2022

Date: September 14, 2022 · 17:00 local
Place: Corpus Chrisi, TX
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: NONE
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student

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 September 13, 2022, at 1500 CST, a part 103 ultralight powered parachute took off and lifted a parachutest from the beach. After getting approxamitly 900 feet of altitute the jumper departed from the powered parachute. The parchute failed to open and the individual landed in the water and perished.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2022, AT 1500 CST, A PART 103 ULTRALIGHT POWERED PARACHUTE TOOK OFF AND LIFTED A PARACHUTEST FROM THE BEACH. AFTER GETTING APPROXAMITLY 900 FEET OF ALTITUTE THE JUMPER DEPARTED FROM THE POWERED PARACHUTE. THE PARCHUTE FAILED TO OPEN AND THE INDIVIDUAL LANDED IN THE WATER AND PERISHED.