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Skydiving Fatalities: 2008: North America: Hard landing while making a low turn

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Hard landing while making a low turn

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2008-11-07	Category:	Landing
Country:	United States	Factors:	Low Turn
State:	Arizona	Jump Type:	Freeflying
Drop Zone:
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:	Sabre2 150	Age:
Reserve:		Jumps:	300+
AAD:		Years in Sport:
RSL:		Name:	Wilhelm Neumann
Description
The jumper made 90 degree turn from under 100 feet and impacted at the same time his canopy hit the ground. He was loading the canopy from 1.3-1.5 and was visiting this DZ that had a higher elevation then his home DZ.
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