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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: North America: Hard landing while making a low turn

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Hard landing while making a low turn

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-10-28	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Hook Turn Low Turn
State:	California	Jump Type:	Camera or Video
Drop Zone:	Skydive Taft
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:	Fusion 135	Age:	27
Reserve:		Jumps:	300+
AAD:		Years in Sport:	1
RSL:		Name:	Michael Scott Nielsen
Description
Jumper attempted to make a hard front riser turn way too low and struck the ground at about the same time his canopy did. He had recently started to do front riser turns after 200 jumps on this canopy.
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