I was there the day Philips went in at Casa Grand. It was the first time I ever saw a jumper bounce. He landed right in the middle of the highway (2 lanes) and had pulled his reserve a few seconds too late. His reserve was black and it covered him up when it settled down. There was an elderly women who was driving a 1949 light green Dodge sedan and Philips landed right in front of the women and she slammed on her brakes when Philips hit the ground. When the ambulance got there they took the women who had a heart attack.
The other memorable event on the same day or maybe the day before was the Loadstar stalled on a jump run and became inverted. I was jumping base and was the first one out. When I got stable, the Loadstar was maybe 1000 feet below me. Not every every one on the flight got out before the pilot got control of the plane. It was a crazy few days at Casa Grande, and BTW the drop zone gave everyone on that jump a free jump.
We flew in from Pope Valley CA in a beech 18 and when we were over Palm Springs, we lost an engine and had to make an emergency landing there.
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