# Incident 20221015015979I: Fentress, TX, October 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2022, 09:55 local time
- Place: Fentress, TX
- Airport: Fentress Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.7683° N, 97.7753° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FENTRESS AIRPARK (XS90), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7683&lon=-97.7753&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221015015979I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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