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Skydiving Fatalities: 2005: Europe: Hard landing while making a low turn

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Hard landing while making a low turn

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2005-12-29	Category:	Landing
Country:	Portugal	Factors:	Hook Turn Low Turn
State:		Jump Type:	Relative Work
Drop Zone:	Skydive Algarve
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	51
Reserve:		Jumps:
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Eddie Davies
Description
Jumper made a low turn and died from injuries substained from the impact. Jumper was on holiday from England while at this Boogie. Jumper had spiralled below and behind 3 other canopies already on long finals, and was approaching a congested and relatively tight landing area from 5 to 10 degrees off the direction of the T. In the initial stages of his flare he was on a converging path with the lowest, which was a little in front of him approaching from around 5 degrees off the T in the opposite direction. He made a sharp input to his left toggle and impacted the ground around forty degrees off his original line of flight. The approach was complicated by another canopy on high finals at that point landing in the opposite direction to the T. The winds were light (3-4 knots) and somewhat variable.
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