# Incident 20251026020039I: Sylvania, GA, October 26, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2025, 13:50 local time
- Place: Sylvania, GA
- Airport: Plantation Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.6455° N, 81.5966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANTATION AIRPARK (JYL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6455&lon=-81.5966&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/20251026020039I

## Narrative

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

THIS OCCURRENCE WAS REPORTED TO THE FAA 48 HOURS AFTER IT HAPPENED. AN EXPERIENCED SKYDIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED AFTER MANUALLY RELEASING HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AT LOW ALTITUDE. THE SKYDIVING EVENT WAS A RECREATIONAL, 5 PERSON JUMP ORIGINATING AND KJYL WITH THE DROP ZONE ALSO AT KJYL. THE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT 13.5 AGL AND ALL 5 MAIN CHUTES DEPLOYED NORMALLY. ON APPROACH TO THE DROP ZONE THE FATALLY INJURED SKYDIVER'S MAIN CHUTE RELEASED FROM HIS HARNESS AND HE PLUMMETED INTO A TREE LINE. HIS RESERVE CHUTE DID NOT DEPLOY. POST OCCURRENCE INSPECTION OF THE HARNESS REVEALED THAT THE RSL LANYARD WAS DISCONNECTED, PREVENTING HIS RESERVE CHUTE FROM BEING DEPLOYED BY THE RELEASE OF HIS MAIN CHUTE, AND THE MANUAL RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT HANDLE WAS NOT PULLED.  THE AAD DID NOT ACTIVATE. THE AAD WAS ANALYZED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AAD DID NOT ACTIVATE BECAUSE THE REQUIRED ACTIVATION PARAMETERS WERE NOT MET.

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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