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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2005: North America: Low reserve pull after malfunction

Low reserve pull after malfunction

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2005-06-05 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: United States Search for United States Factors: Gear Issues Search for Gear Issues
State: Wisconsin Jump Type: Relative Work Search for Relative Work
Drop Zone: Sky Knights SPC    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Female
Main: Age: 33
Reserve: Jumps: 100
AAD: No Years in Sport:
RSL: No Name: Susan Wohlitz
Description
After a relative work skydive the jumper tracked and pulled their main canopy that opened with a lineover. The jumper successfully cutaway from the malfunctioning main but pulled the reserve too late to inflate before impact.
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