7 Matches (out of a total of 833 incidents)

1. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   08/05/1995	Klerksdorp, South Africa	LOWT			?/?
   Description: He initiated a 90 degree turn followed by another 90 degree turn in what seemed to be an attempt to land directly into the wind. The altitude of the drop zone was probably a factor (5000 feet compared with his usual dropzone at sea level), resulting in a faster and longer dive than what he may have expected. He hit the ground hard in the sort of landing that I have seen result in broken legs and hips, but unfortunately broke his neck. I think that too much emphasis is placed on landing directly into the wind : a cross- or downwind landing is eminently more survivable than a low turn. In the final analysis, I'd say that the accident was more likely a judgement error than an attempt to perform a hook turn.
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2. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   23/07/1995	Laon, France	MAL	56		N/?
   Description: Low deployment of the main which was rotating after opening. After cutting away, the deceased was unstable and delayed deploying his reserve but it did not deploy fully before impact.
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3. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   12/08/1995	Vichy, France	MAL	20		N/?
   Description: Took too long to cuataway main and deploy reserve after some sort of malfunction involving the pilot chute.
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4. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   13/08/1995	Wonderboom, South Africa	CCOL,MAL			?/?
   Description: He was filming a 4-way and became entangled with another jumper on opening. The two jumpers cut away and his reserve pilot chute became entangled with his helmet. It was believed that he attempted to remove his helmet.
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5. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   30/09/1995	La Ferté Gaucher, France	DMAL	43		?/?
   Description: During opening the deceased's leg became entangled with his main parachute. He cutaway his main but it was still entangled with his leg. His RSL caused the reserve to deploy which entangled with the main.
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6. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   08/10/1995	Mauberge, France	LOWT	39		?/?
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7. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   14/12/1995	Vernon, BCCanada	EXC	28	2000	N/N
   Description: On an intentional cutaway jump [for a Mountain Dew advert], the deceased pulled the main cutaway handle. This led to a series of events resulting in reserve deployment too low for inflation. It is possible that the main risers, which had been partially extracted and were flapping after the correct ('intentional') cutaway handle was pulled impeded reserve launch. It is also possible that the clothing [tuxedo] worn obscured the handles making them hard to find.
   Lessons:Extreme skydives, particularly those which change the most basic procedures we know (deployment and emergency) are quite risky. A single error compounded into this tragic event. It is unknown if the reserve was pulled sufficiently high, or if an AAD would have helped in this scenario.