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Location |
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Jump Information |
| Date: |
2004-08-09 |
Category: |
Landing  |
| Country: |
United States |
Factors: |
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| State: |
Virginia |
Jump Type: |
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| Drop Zone: |
Skydive Suffolk |
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Gear |
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Personal Information |
| Container: |
Javelin |
Sex: |
Male |
| Main: |
Stiletto 135 |
Age: |
36 |
| Reserve: |
Swift Plus 175 |
Jumps: |
201 |
| AAD: |
Cypres |
Years in Sport: |
1 |
| RSL: |
Yes |
Name: |
Dave Barksdale |
| Description |
| After a uneventful skydive Dave Barksdale (AkA Goose) flew his parachute back to the DZ and turned in for final at appox 600-700 AGL and started a straight in approach at appox 300-350 he grabbed his Front risers and continued his straight in approach. He was deep into the Risers until appox. 10-15 ft AGL when he released his Front Risers and never attempted to flair or was reaching for the rear risers when he struck the ground at appox 20-25 mph. We could not tell if he had his hands in his dive loops or was just grabbing the Risers. It is believed he did have his toggles in his hand although only one was in his hand when we arrived 30-40 secs later. We had 3 EMT's on the field at the time along with a trauma team gear bag, He was in good hands. He was Life flight to the Local Trauma unit were he died several Hours later from massive head trauma
This jumper was a very conservative canopy flyer and had practiced using his front Risers many times. He may have been going for a long Swoop (just a guess) I believe at the last moment ever he dropped a toggle or was trying to grab the rear risers. He was way to low going way to fast for ever to have worked...
Larry Pennington
S&T/A
Skydive Suffolk Inc. |
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