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> Skydiving Fatalities: 2012: Europe: Low Cutaway

Low Cutaway

  Location   Jump Information
Date: 2012-07-06 Category: Malfunction Search for Malfunction
Country: England Search for England Factors: Gear Issues Search for Gear Issues
State: Jump Type: AFF Search for AFF
Drop Zone: Cockerham    
  Gear   Personal Information
Container: Sex: Male
Main: Age: 40
Reserve: Jumps: 1
AAD: Years in Sport: 0
RSL: Not Reported Name: Lee Clifford
Description
Jumper was on his first AFF skydive and experienced a spiraling main canopy after opening. The student then rode this turning canopy to several hundred feet where he then cutaway but was at a low enough altitude that the reserve was unable to open prior to hitting the ground at a high rate of speed.
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