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Location |
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Jump Information |
| Date: |
2005-09-11 |
Category: |
No Pull  |
| Country: |
United States |
Factors: |
Gear Issues
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| State: |
Georgia |
Jump Type: |
Relative Work |
| Drop Zone: |
Skydive Monroe |
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Gear |
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Personal Information |
| Container: |
Vector II |
Sex: |
Male |
| Main: |
LoPo Round |
Age: |
73 |
| Reserve: |
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Jumps: |
6000+ |
| AAD: |
No |
Years in Sport: |
40+ |
| RSL: |
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Name: |
Bobby Frierson |
| Description |
Jumper dropped grip on his pull out pilotchute handle after peeling it off the velco. Emergency procedures were late to be executed and the cutaway handle was found less then 100 the body. Jumper impacted with no canopies deployed.
The tall trees that the jumper impacted in appears to have snagged the main and pulled it out of the container and the forces from the terminal impact deployed the reserve.
Jumper was not jumping truely modern gear, but the pull out design is the same that many jumpers use.
Jumper had a stroke a few years back and was reported to have cognitive and short term memory loss due to this. Jumper had been grounded before jumping at several DZ's in the recent past. |
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