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Gary73

Query: Jump-Pilot Bailouts?

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It's not unusual for jump pilots to wear bailout rigs, but does anybody know of any cases in the U.S. in which one has actually been used successfully?

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~1996ish (don't remember exactly when)
Hartwood, VA

(very old recollection of the details, wasn't there, so some may be off)
Premature deployment on the step of a 206 (normal door/step, not cargo door). Canopy went over the tail, the jumper went under. The entire empanage looked liked it was removed by a sawsall. With the jump run at 10,500', the pilot was only able to get out of the tumbling mess by ~3k.
Got himself under a PEP round and landed in a tree.

Injured from the interior of the aircraft (all headliner material had been previously removed) and from the tree landing.

Was able to fly jumpers the next month.

Asside from the question: Jumper with the premature lived as did the jumper on the step, but the jumper still in the aircraft was unable to exit due to the tumbling. Assumed that the impact (landing) was the cause of his fatal injuries.


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Interesting observation you are making,...

It might be more informative to ask which pilots wear parachutes and why. Differing aircraft, fly differently, like most Otter pilots don't wear E parachutes, do you know why?

Most Cessna pilots do.

C
But what do I know, "I only have one tandem jump."

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'92 Canadian Nationals in Chilliwack, BC. Practicing exits all week, doing team video from the Porter that was going to fly us. Day or two before the event, a loose pin released a main on climbout, wrapped the tail, and when the jumper was pulled off and got line stretch, the tail broke free. Plane inverted and spun into the ground with jumpers scrambling out. Pilot got out last, running on the underside of the inverted wing. Some bumps and bruises, but all lived.

The plane landed in a farmer's front yard, missing by literally inches his kids who were playing on an old mattress on the grass. Never seen anything like it. Still have the video and stills somewhere...:o

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billvon

>like most Otter pilots don't wear E parachutes, do you know why?

Harder for an Otter pilot to accidentally fall out the door.



And falling out of the door by the pilot seat in an Otter isn't going to have a good outcome.
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ChrisD

Interesting observation you are making,...

It might be more informative to ask which pilots wear parachutes and why. Differing aircraft, fly differently, like most Otter pilots don't wear E parachutes, do you know why?

Most Cessna pilots do.

C



Mostly they are worn if required by regulations. The STC or 337 approval for Cessna jump doors often require the use of PEP. Twin Otters are certified from the factory for door off jump operations with no requirement for a PEP.

Some operators require the use for safety reasons even though the regulations do not require it.

Wingsuit collisions with aircraft have renewed many pilot's interest in bail out rigs.
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cnsky54

'92 Canadian Nationals in Chilliwack, BC. Practicing exits all week, doing team video from the Porter that was going to fly us.

I knew that pilot pretty well. It was his first jump. He said he climbed out onto the bottom of the wing, looked back in at his new Dave Clark headset, thought about going back in for it, and said to himself "Nope" and jumped. :D Sad way to lose a plane.

I've known 4 other jump pilots to use their reserves. Three were "reserves into the C182 tail" and one was a mid-air collision.

Yeah, that's a lot, isn't it. [:/]

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Boomerdog

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Spammers trying to get traffic to their sites.

Idiots who don't know which kind of "bailout" we are talking about.
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A JP mentioned smaller jump planes have a STC to operate with door off that comes with a list of special provisions. Things like reduced VNE and other items that must be placarded on the panel. Most of them include the provision that the pilot will wear a rig.
The FAR’s only mentions the use of pilots rig in one section, 91.307.C, and that refers to doing aerobatics while carrying passengers. All other references to parachutes deals with skydiving.

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ChennieD

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He must have searched for the word "bailout" to find a place to attach his advertisement.

We wouldn't check out your site, because we don't like advertising interjected into our conversations.

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SoCalJumper

This pilot was happy wearing his.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p6hqMnsLFY



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That Cessna pilot (in Wisconsin) was wearing a Strong LoPo. He landed (un-injured) in some trees - inside the airport perimeter.
Apparently he had already made two tandem jumps.
Why they showed him how to flare a modern, square canopy, then hung him under an old-school round canopy is a mystery to me???????

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ZigZagMarquis

Didn't Dick Rutan bail out of a failed around the world balloon attempt years ago?

Pretty good exit, arch and pull, if I remember the video correctly. Just a bit longer of a delay then recommended on a pilot rig; spanker of an opening and he ended landing in some cactus?



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Butler Parachute Systems built that back-type PEP - for the balloon flight.

Butler also built a pair of custom, chest-type PEPs for Rutan's successful round-the-world flight in the Voyager. Butler even got a patent for the chest-type PEP that hung a life-raft under the parachute. He then sold a bunch of similar rigs to the United States Coast Guard.

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