Skydiving Fatalities

The Dropzone.com Skydiving Fatalities Database is maintained for educational purposes. It is an unofficial record of fatal skydiving accidents since January 1, 2004. Dropzone.com does not guarantee the accuracy of information or skydiving statistics posted here. Read the Terms of Use before you proceed. Fatalities by Year 2004 (73) 2005 (64) updated 2006 (60) 2007 (62) 2008 (64) 2009 (52) updated

Fatality statistics by category: Collisions (48) 13% Landings (118) 31% No Pulls (33) 9% Malfunctions (67) 18% Reserve Problems (22) 6% Other (56) 15% Total (375)

5 Most Recent Fatal Skydiving Incidents:

Date Country Category Cause of Death 2009-11-27 Australia Unknown Hard landing under a spiraling main canopy 2009-10-12 Canada No Pull Main no pull, low reserve pull 2009-09-22 Poland No pull 2009-09-20 United States Malfunction Impact under failing main 2009-09-19 United States Malfunction Hard landing under a spiraling main canopy

Total Fatalities since January 1, 2004

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