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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2007: Europe: Hard landing under a spiraling main canopy

Hard landing under a spiraling main canopy

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2007-10-20 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: Czech Republic Search for Czech Republic Factors: Gear Issues Search for Gear Issues
State: Jump Type: Static Line Search for Static Line
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  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Female
Main: Age: 16
Reserve: Jumps: 1
AAD: No Years in Sport: 0
RSL: No    
Description
She was a student of basic parachute course. She jumped 9th of 11 students from a plane An-2 by OVP-68/76A parachute by static line from 700m. It is a round military parachute in classic set. She jumped from the plane very wrong (by back to ground). Her legs and hands were extended. Pilotchute was handhold and bag of main parachute did a horseshoe. After a few seconds pilotchute was released by airstream but it was cought on low part of bag. The main parachute was not released. She did not use reserve parachute and impacted with no canopies open.
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