OpenAirDocs.org

20221015015979I

Incident · No damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Aircraft · Fentress, TX · October 15, 2022

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
October 15, 2022 · 09:55 local
Place
Fentress, TX
Airport
Fentress Airpark
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 October 15, 2022, at 0955 CST, a uspa certificated part 105 parachutist exited from a jump aircraft at 5000 feet altitude and opened the main parachute. The parachutist was observed under a good seven cell canopy and performed initial controllability checks. At approximately 3000 feet altitude the parachutist was observed to apparently not make any other steering attempts. Video of the landing event showed the parachutist several hundred feet altitude hanging limp from the harness with arms hanging down and hands were not engaged with the “toggles” and the head was slumped over. The parachutist flew by the drop zone under a fully functioning canopy and landed 500 yards across the fence line in the neighboring pasture. Personnel from the jump school responded to the unconscious victim, attempted chest compressions, and installed an aed. However, the aed never attemped to shock. EMS arrived within 15 minutes and the parachutist expired at approximately 1030 CST. Inspection of the reserve chute and automatic actuation device (aad) revealed it was still packed in its container with lead seal and had a current inspection date. This matter is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 15, 2022, AT 0955 CST, A USPA CERTIFICATED PART 105 PARACHUTIST EXITED FROM A JUMP AIRCRAFT AT 5000 FEET ALTITUDE AND OPENED THE MAIN PARACHUTE. THE PARACHUTIST WAS OBSERVED UNDER A GOOD SEVEN CELL CANOPY AND PERFORMED INITIAL CONTROLLABILITY CHECKS. AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET ALTITUDE THE PARACHUTIST WAS OBSERVED TO APPARENTLY NOT MAKE ANY OTHER STEERING ATTEMPTS. VIDEO OF THE LANDING EVENT SHOWED THE PARACHUTIST SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ALTITUDE HANGING LIMP FROM THE HARNESS WITH ARMS HANGING DOWN AND HANDS WERE NOT ENGAGED WITH THE “TOGGLES” AND THE HEAD WAS SLUMPED OVER. THE PARACHUTIST FLEW BY THE DROP ZONE UNDER A FULLY FUNCTIONING CANOPY AND LANDED 500 YARDS ACROSS THE FENCE LINE IN THE NEIGHBORING PASTURE. PERSONNEL FROM THE JUMP SCHOOL RESPONDED TO THE UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM, ATTEMPTED CHEST COMPRESSIONS, AND INSTALLED AN AED. HOWEVER, THE AED NEVER ATTEMPED TO SHOCK. EMS ARRIVED WITHIN 15 MINUTES AND THE PARACHUTIST EXPIRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 CST. INSPECTION OF THE RESERVE CHUTE AND AUTOMATIC ACTUATION DEVICE (AAD) REVEALED IT WAS STILL PACKED IN ITS CONTAINER WITH LEAD SEAL AND HAD A CURRENT INSPECTION DATE. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.