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Skydiving Fatalities: 2006: North America: Canopy collision and collapse at 200 feet

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Canopy collision and collapse at 200 feet

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2006-12-30	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Hook Turn Canopy Collision
State:	Arizona	Jump Type:	Freeflying
Drop Zone:	Skydive Arizona
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:	Javelin	Sex:	Male
Main:	Velocity 96	Age:	40
Reserve:	Reserve 113	Jumps:	4000+
AAD:	CYPRES	Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Cliff Heller
Description
Jumper was doing a right handed 270 high preformance landing and collided with another jumper that had did a 180 left turn at the same time. The first jumpers canopy collapsed and spun up. At approx 50-75 feet the jumper fired his reserve but it only had time to be extracted from the container before he impacted. The Second jumper was able to land under his canopy and suffered minor injuries but did have both artificial legs ripped off in the initial collision.
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