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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: North America: Drowning - Tandem Instructor

Drowning - Tandem Instructor

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2006-01-06 Category: Other Search for Other
Country: United States Search for United States Factors: Water Landing Search for Water Landing
State: Hawaii Jump Type: Tandem Search for Tandem
Drop Zone: Skydive Hawaii    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Age: 69
Reserve: Jumps:
AAD: Years in Sport: Many
RSL: Not Reported Name: Erich Mueller
Description
Tandem pilot and passenger landed in heavy surf on north shore of Hawaii.

Reports indicate that the canopy was snagged in the reef and both people drowned.
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