| Description: He organized a 12 way freefly. The dive exited and went as planned, with a clean breakoff at 5K. Everyone had a clean opening. The deceased intentionally stalled his canopy several times as he had planned to do (to give a good show). At around 1000', on his 3rd stall, he let the brakes up very quickly to end the stall, causing the canopy to dive radically while the re-inflation shock jerked him upward, and into the lines of the diving canopy. His feet became tangled with the line groups and a violent spin began. Around 500' his reserve pilot chute was deployed, but immediately entangled the main. He streamered (spiraled) in and impacted head first into an asphalt road. The reserve was found out, but never had time to fully inflate. The cutaway handle and reserve were both found nearby. A clean cutaway was not possible because of the self induced entanglement. The deceased was not known for radical canopy manuevers, and seldom made turns below 500'. Turbulence was not likely a factor, as it was a mild day with light winds. He was jumping a Jedei 150 at a wingloading of about 1.35 lb/ft^2. |