# Small plane hits parachutist.  Who's likely at fault?

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**Created:** [March 10, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-plane-hits-parachutist-whos-likely-at-fault/683362 "2014-03-10T17:01:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-plane-hits-parachutist-whos-likely-at-fault/683362/11 "2014-03-10T23:18:27Z")

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I’ve flown out of airfields that doubled as parachute drop zones. It was no big deal but it relied on everyone sticking to their patch of grass. The parachutists would operate on the non traffic side of the circuit and the drop plane would radio their intentions. It’s impossible to know who was at fault in this case without knowing what the local procedures are and who was or wasn’t following them.

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