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  1. Date Location Category Age # Jumps AAD?/RSL? Dropzone.com Report Dropzone.com Discussion
    20/10/2002 Perris, CA CCOL 44 218 N/?   #249348
    Description: Yesterday (Sunday) at about 1:30 pm a local jumper with about 300 jumps, while under canopy, collided with another jumper at about 100 feet off the ground. His canopy struck her from behind and briefly wrapped around her, then collapsed and spiraled him to the ground. The other jumper landed without incident. CPR was administered shortly after contact with the ground, but was not successful. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
    Lessons:
    USPA Description: After an uneventful freefall and initial canopy descent, this jumper's main parachute collided with the body of another jumper at approximately 100 feet above the ground. His canopy collapsed and then came free from the other jumper's body. The canopy did not reinflate before he reached the ground. The other jumper landed safely.
    USPA Conclusions:This relatively inexperienced jumper was participating in a 39-person formation skydive. He had also recently begun using a smaller canopy.
    He was attempting to land amoung the majority of the other jumpers in a relatively small grassy main landing area surrounded by large, open spaces of flat and level landing areas with no obstacles.
    Jumpers should realistically match their skill level to the challenge at hand. Low experience, a faster parachute and heavy traffic under canopy apparently presented this jumper with more than he could handle on this skydive.
    Name
    Robert Manuel Unzueta