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Bartje

When did you have luck in a crash landing. between:

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After reading the statistics in "Landing/hook turn fatalities " I was wondering or you guys have been lucky once.
I was once when I had about 800 jumps and start flying a X-Braced canopy. I did make a crash landing which I normally had to break my neck.
Can you remember how many jumps you had when you were lucky once?

A FreeFly Gypsy

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Mid 400s, thought I was hot, I was not. I should have died.

Fish, I've been lucky more than once!
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I'd vote 0-250 but I think I'd be squewing your research here.

Do you mean lucky like "Lucky to be here" ???

Cause I had a pole run out in front of me once upon landing (snicker). When it was all said and done, I was a little dirty but alright. I thought to myself: "Lucky thing nobody saw that!" lol.

(but someone did ;))



My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

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Jump #4 didnt initiate EPs like I should have, and as the log book says (from my instructors) "Took cross wind landing @ high speed just missing obstacles" ... Somehow I walked away with nothing but a scratch and a bruse.. Just a bit shook up for a good hour..

FGF #???
I miss the sky...
There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.

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Got lucky when my canopy collapsed in turbulance at 30 feet. Got a nice femur rod to show for it but that is better then the alternative. I don't think this really has any connection to my jump numbers though, as everyone who witnessed it said i did everything i could have. But maybe it does.

B Moore

'Turbulence is a bitch'

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I had about 20 jumps and was doing my 2nd jump at Spaceland. Was 4th or 5th out doing a solo. I think the rental canopy was a 190 which put my wingloading at less than 1:1.

With the South wind I was not making much headway back to the dz, but (mistake 1) was saying "I think I can make it" to myself. I did not (mistake 2) select an alternative landing site. As I got to about 100 ft, I (mistake 3) saw the fence hidden between the trees and knew I wouldn't make it. I (mistake 4) did a hard 90 turn to the left and tried to land on a canal bank that is 4-5 feet above the landing area. I (mistake 5) struck the ground with my chest about the same time as the canopy, went airborne for 10-15 feet, flipped through the lines and landed head down, on my back in the canal. As I was being dragged backwards into the water, I grabbed (mistake 6) some vines and managed to hold on, thinking cutaway the whole time) until hooknswoop popped up over the embankment and asked if I was ok and got me out of the harness.

Most of the mistakes are obvious except #6...the vines were poison ivy and I got it all over my neck and arms.

I was very, very lucky.

Blue skies,

Jim

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I did a downwinder in 15 knot winds onto hard clay paddock.
Approx 50 something jumps - 2nd conversion onto a Safire 149 and I'm about 60kg plus gear. Training kicked in did PLR and shakily walked away with bumps and bruises.

Funnily enough I am now out of the skydiving for 6 months with an ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair - from the dangerous sport of soccer! LOL

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215 jumps, 1 year ago from the 21st. I didn't mean to hook it, but something happened at 40 feet, where i buried my right toggle, and femured into the ground, and tore my aorta as well. I got real lucky. I still wish i knew why i did what i did.

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215 jumps, 1 year ago from the 21st. I didn't mean to hook it, but something happened at 40 feet, where i buried my right toggle, and femured into the ground, and tore my aorta as well. I got real lucky. I still wish i knew why i did what i did.

CReW Skies,



Wow.
Tore your Aorta [:/]
you were very lucky by the sounds of it dude :)

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215 jumps, 1 year ago from the 21st. I didn't mean to hook it, but something happened at 40 feet, where i buried my right toggle, and femured into the ground, and tore my aorta as well. I got real lucky. I still wish i knew why i did what i did.

CReW Skies,



Wow.
Tore your Aorta [:/]
you were very lucky by the sounds of it dude :)


she was very lucky...

Dave
http://www.skyjunky.com

CSpenceFLY - I can't believe the number of people willing to bet their life on someone else doing the right thing.

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