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.
Skydiver deployed parachute at an unknown altitude. The parachute was deployed with a line-over/line twist entanglement. Witness observed the skydiver under a partial parachute falling in a circular motion. The reserve parachute was deployed below an altitude sufficient for a full deployment, resulting in the skydiver impacting the ground, sustaining fatal injuries
As the FAA filed it
SKYDIVER DEPLOYED PARACHUTE AT AN UNKNOWN ALTITUDE. THE PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED WITH A LINE-OVER/LINE TWIST ENTANGLEMENT. WITNESS OBSERVED THE SKYDIVER UNDER A PARTIAL PARACHUTE FALLING IN A CIRCULAR MOTION. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED BELOW AN ALTITUDE SUFFICIENT FOR A FULL DEPLOYMENT, RESULTING IN THE SKYDIVER IMPACTING THE GROUND, SUSTAINING FATAL INJURIES
Other reports on N125PM · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.