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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: North America: Low cutaway

Low cutaway

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2007-09-14 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: Canada Search for Canada Factors:
State: Alberta Jump Type: Static Line Search for Static Line
Drop Zone: Alberta Skydivers    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Age: 23
Reserve: Jumps: 1
AAD: Years in Sport: 1
RSL: Name: Kevin Mitchell
Description
Jumper appeared to only unstow one steering line and this left the canopy in a turn. At a low altitude the jumper cutaway the still turning main canopy but was too low to allow the reserve to open fully prior to impacting the ground.
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