tred 0 #1 September 16, 2015 reading the IRM it states " At least one individual has gone to jail for criminal negligence where a student was killed." anyone know the story behind this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stayhigh 2 #2 September 16, 2015 A passenger fell out of tandem harness and died in the past, I don't think he went to jail tho, not sure.Bernie Sanders for President 2016 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 261 #3 September 16, 2015 Could it be the recently departed Ted Mayfield, well known for both being a big supporter of skydiving and being a little on the lax side with students? I can't vouch for the details but the below quote from an online article is inline with what I've heard before. QuoteMayfield came up on the radar screen again when it was learned that 13 skydiving students had fallen to their deaths due to their parachutes failing to open. In 1994, Mayfield was sentences to 4 months in federal prison for flying without a pilot’s license. And in 1995, in Yamhill County Circuit Court, Mayfield pled guilty for the deaths of two students; the death in 1993 of student Charles Schaefer and the death in 1994 of student Lee Perry Sr. Mayfield received 5 months for criminal negligent homicide. The court believed Mayfield was criminally responsible for the deaths of his students as the court believed the parachutes that Mayfield had packed were faulty. That same year, Mayfield’s Parachute Rigger Certificate had been revoked by the FAA. (Of course the 'parachutes failed to open' thing will have been more complex in reality.) Who knows, the IRM seems a bit alarmist perhaps because it may deal with only a highly unusual extreme. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #4 September 16, 2015 IRC, the reason they held him criminally liable is because he put them out without AAD's. I also think one was underage too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,046 #5 September 16, 2015 Hi jim, QuoteIRC, the reason they held him criminally liable is because he put them out without AAD's. I also think one was underage too... Since I built the rig that the died was using, and I testified before the grand jury, I can tell you it was ( IMO ) only due to the misrigging of the rig. The guy was 83 yrs old, no one underage. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimjumper 25 #6 September 17, 2015 Thank you! Sometimes that memory thing isn't what it used to be. :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
