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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: South America: Hard pull on main ripcord

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Hard pull on main ripcord

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-10-01	Category:	Malfunction
Country:	Brazil	Factors:	Gear Issues
State:		Jump Type:	Solo
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	n/a
Reserve:		Jumps:	n/a
AAD:	No	Years in Sport:	13
RSL:	Yes	Name:	Wanderlei Nogueira
Description
The jumper was jumping from a Trike at an altitude of approx 5000 feet. He suffered a hard pull on his main and tried to pull his reserve at approx 150 feet. The reserve pilot chute cleared his back, but did not have time to open the reserve before he impacted. Further analysies found a dent in the main ripcord. The loop got stuck at the dent causing the hard pull.
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