# Accident 20250406016929A: Moab, UT, April 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2025, 12:00 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Airport: Canyonlands Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Operator: Y29J
- Location: 38.7576° N, 109.7535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CANYONLANDS RGNL (CNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7576&lon=-109.7535&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/20250406016929A

## Narrative

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

ON 04/06/2025, AN EXPERIENCED JUMPER WITH OVER 219 PREVIOUS SOLO JUMPS WAS MAKING A SOLO JUMP FROM A CESSNA CARAVAN AIRCRAFT OVER THE CANYONLANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT (CNY) IN MOAB, UTAH. THE PARACHUTE OPERATOR EXITED THE AIRCRAFT IN A NORMAL FREEFALL. AT APPROXIMATELY 3,700 FEET AGL THE PARACHUTE OPERATOR DEPLOYED HIS PARACHUTE. OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND NOTED THAT THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED NORMALLY AND THAT THE PARACHUTE OPERATOR HAD A FLYABLE AND CONTROLLABLE PARACHUTE. GROUND OBSERVERS NOTED THAT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PARACHUTE OPERATOR INITIATED A SHARP RIGHT TURN BUT FAILED TO FLARE THE PARACHUTE BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND AT A HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL DESCENT RATE. THE PARACHUTE OPERATOR DIED FROM THE IMPACT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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