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Skydiving Fatalities: 2008: North America: Impact when reserve chute failed to deploy.

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Impact when reserve chute failed to deploy.

	Location		Jump Information
Date:	2008-12-28	Category:	Reserve Problems
Country:	United States	Factors:	Gear Issues
State:	Missouri	Jump Type:	Solo
Drop Zone:	Freefall Express Skydiving
	Gear		Personal Information
Container:		Sex:	Male
Main:		Age:	37
Reserve:		Jumps:	300
AAD:	Cypres	Years in Sport:	3
RSL:	Yes	Name:	Larry Miller
Description
Jumpers main canopy had some problem so he cut away from this malfunction. The reserve failed to open via RSL deployment, so he manually pulled the cord and upon impact the chute still was not open. He died from the impact.
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