Narrative:

Crew was on a cargo parachute testing mission. We held a briefing with the system manufacturer and other specialists to review normal and abnormal procedures. 2 wind direction indicator passes were made. The drop zone safety officer was satisfied with the proposed release point. We climbed to 7000 ft MSL and released the cargo over the proper execution point. Due to a failure with the parachute deployment system, the cargo landed uncontrolled on a 2 lane road. No damage occurred to persons or property other than slight damage to road. The malfunction was determined to be internal to the deployment system.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ATX CREW DROPPED AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST PARACHUTE THAT FAILED TO OPEN. THE TEST ACTIVITY WAS PROPERLY PLANNED AND BRIEFED.

Narrative: CREW WAS ON A CARGO PARACHUTE TESTING MISSION. WE HELD A BRIEFING WITH THE SYS MANUFACTURER AND OTHER SPECIALISTS TO REVIEW NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PROCS. 2 WIND DIRECTION INDICATOR PASSES WERE MADE. THE DROP ZONE SAFETY OFFICER WAS SATISFIED WITH THE PROPOSED RELEASE POINT. WE CLBED TO 7000 FT MSL AND RELEASED THE CARGO OVER THE PROPER EXECUTION POINT. DUE TO A FAILURE WITH THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT SYS, THE CARGO LANDED UNCTLED ON A 2 LANE ROAD. NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY OTHER THAN SLIGHT DAMAGE TO ROAD. THE MALFUNCTION WAS DETERMINED TO BE INTERNAL TO THE DEPLOYMENT SYS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.