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Skydiving Fatalities: 2004: Europe: Low turn on off DZ landing

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Low turn on off DZ landing

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2004-06-12	Category:	Unknown
Country:	United Kingdom	Factors:	Low Turn
State:		Jump Type:	Solo
Drop Zone:	Peterlee Parachute Centre
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	25
Reserve:		Jumps:	123
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Andrew Wilson
Description
Andrew had not jumped in the UK before. He had previously jumped in Cyprus and more recently Florida. His last jump had been approximately four months prior to the accident. Andrew made an uneventful free fall descent, deployed his main parachute at the correct altitude, but possibly had difficulty locating the landing area. Between him and the landing area were a number of ‘National Grid’ power lines and two very large wind turbines. It was likely that Andrew decided not to attempt to fly his parachute over or past these hazards, as he was seen to be spiralling his parachute, and that he elected to land in a field to the west of them. The belief is that as he was getting closer to the ground, he may have noticed a wire fence in his flight path and then initiated a radical turn in order to avoid the hazard. He then struck the ground at high speed before fully completing the turn.
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