1 Matches (out of a total of 833 incidents)

1. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   21/05/2005	North-West Parachute Club, England		74	1021	Y/?	114	#1656265
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   BPA Description: At approximately 10:50 hrs on Saturday 21st May 2005, the deceased boarded a PAC 750XL aircraft along with fifteen other parachutists, which was to be the first parachuting lift of the day. The aircraft climbed to approximately 13,000 ft AGL and ‘ran in’ above the PLA. When the aircraft was at the approximate ‘exit point’ the parachutists started to exit the aircraft. The deceased was first to exit, followed approximately six seconds later by another ‘solo’ parachutist. They were then followed at short intervals by five groups of three parachutists, being five Tandem Instructors, their Student Parachutists and video-men. He was not observed in freefall, but all other parachutists were seen to deploy their parachutes at normal heights. Once it was realised a parachutist was missing, a search was instigated. The aircraft also took off with an instructor on board in an effort to locate the missing jumper. He was located, from the air, approximately 0.9 miles to the north of the landing area. Both of his parachutes were seen to be out and lying near him. A Board of Inquiry was immediately formed and consisted of the NCSO and the Technical Officer.
   BPA Conclusions:The Conclusions of the Board are that the initial part of his free fall descent was probably uneventful. However, he failed to deploy his main parachute at the correct height (between 2,000 – 3,000ft AGL). The Board believes that for some unknown reason he lost altitude awareness, even though he had an audible altimeter, which had been set at approximately 2,500ft, and deployed his main parachute at a low altitude, probably below 1,000ft AGL, and as, or shortly after his main parachute deployed his AAD activated, resulting in the reserve parachute deploying. He may have tried to control the main parachute, as the steering toggles had been removed from their keepers. The Board believes that neither parachute became entangled with the other. However, it is likely that the descent rate had not slowed sufficiently, possibly because one, or both parachutes not being fully developed, which may have resulted in a heavy landing. The Board noted that on a previous occasion, on jump number 929 on the 5th August 2001, a similar incident occurred, where he deployed his main parachute at a low altitude and his AAD fired at approximately the same time. On that occasion he cutaway his main parachute and landed safely under his reserve parachute. His (then) CCI decided that he would no longer be permitted to jump at that Club. However, the NWPC were aware of this, had monitored him on subsequent jumps. He had successfully completed 92 jumps since that incident.
   Name	Peter Holt Shaw