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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2008: North America: RDS entangled in lines

RDS entangled in lines

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2008-07-04 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: United States Search for United States Factors: Gear Issues Search for Gear Issues
State: California Jump Type: Hop and Pop Search for Hop and Pop
Drop Zone: Skydive Perris    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: JVX 79 Age: 51
Reserve: Jumps: 2000+
AAD: Years in Sport:
RSL: Name: Keith Colwick
Description
Jumper suffered some sort of malfunction where the Removable Deployment System became entangled with the main canopy. The jumper attempted to land this but the canopy ended up sprialing at a low altitude until the jumper struck the ground.
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