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Location |
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Jump Information |
| Date: |
2012-07-06 |
Category: |
Malfunction  |
| Country: |
England  |
Factors: |
Gear Issues 
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| State: |
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Jump Type: |
AFF  |
| Drop Zone: |
Cockerham |
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Gear |
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Personal Information |
| Container: |
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Sex: |
Male |
| Main: |
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Age: |
40 |
| Reserve: |
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Jumps: |
1 |
| AAD: |
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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. |
| Lessons |
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