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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2005: Europe: Hard landing while making a low turn

Hard landing while making a low turn

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2005-10-14 Category: Landing Search for Landing
Country: Netherlands Search for Netherlands Factors: Low Turn Search for Low Turn
State: Jump Type: Special Search for Special
Drop Zone: NPCT - Nationaal ParaCentrum Teuge    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Age: 32
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Description
Details are lacking but it appears he was wearing extra lead for swooping and turned too low for the extra distance needed with the higher weight and impacted prior to getting the canopy level above his head again.
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