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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: North America: Student - Tandem Reserve with line twists

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Student - Tandem Reserve with line twists

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-09-10	Category:	Reserve Problems
Country:	United States	Factors:	Gear Issues
State:	New Jersey	Jump Type:	Tandem
Drop Zone:	Cross Keys & Freefall Adventures
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:	Dual Hawk	Sex:	Male
Main:	SET 400	Age:	28
Reserve:		Jumps:	1
AAD:	Cypres	Years in Sport:	1
RSL:	No	Name:	Reed Michael Loeschke
Description
A tandem experienced a malfunction on their main. When they cutaway they experienced line twists on the reserve also due to a possible horseshoe. The 14 line twists were severe enough that the slider remained trapped most the way up the lines and this prevented the reserve from inflating. Both the student and instructor were killed when the pair impacted in this high speed configuration.
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