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Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: North America: Hard landing while making a low turn

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Hard landing while making a low turn

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2007-05-10	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Low Turn
State:	Wisconsin	Jump Type:
Drop Zone:	Skydive Midwest
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:	Quasar 2	Sex:	Male
Main:	Spectre 190	Age:	45
Reserve:	Stallar 180	Jumps:	500
AAD:	None	Years in Sport:	12
RSL:	No
Description
Jumper appears to have made a low turn to land in the predeclared landing direction on a day with light and variable winds. The actual wind at landing was coming from a different direction then the declared direction.
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