Quick Survey

[anothergreek10 0]

Hi All,

I'm going to try and make this as simple as possible.
Knowing how helpful most of us are I reach out to my fellow skydivers today to help me with a quick statistics project.

I'm going to be testing whether the approximation that we have 1 cutaway per 1000 jumps is somewhat accurate by taking a random sample.

I would only need you to respond to these 3 simple questions.

1. How many jumps do you have?
2. How many cutaways?
3. What kind of malfunction? (Total or Partial) **Optional**

Thank you all in advance for your support.

[kawisixer01 0]

1. 125
2. 1
3. Line twist I couldn't get out of.

I'm not proud of having one already, but am glad to have gotten my "first" out of the way. It was most likely my own damn fault, probably my body position at depoloyment. Overall everything worked out ok. I found everything right away, and even though I was a bit shaken it was kinda exciting. Something I'd rather not repeat anytime soon. As my instructor stated one time "emjoy your malfunction!"

[drunk 0]

1-420
2-0
3-0

[Calvin19 0]

1-540
2-6
3-All intentional, induced malfunctions(4), repack fun(2)

[danielcroft 2]

1. 279
2. 1
3. Self induced spinning line twists on student navigator (jump 12)

[grimmie 173]

3,850+

Three

Two "Spinettos".

One trapped pilot chute, two out very low, chopped the main and lived.

[DSE 3]

1-1400+
2-Two
3-One baglock, one lineover with twists.

[likestojump 3]

~~ 800 skydives
3 emergency cutaways, 12 fun ones
all three were linetwists, two were on wingsuits

[fasted3 0]

540
1
Spinning line twists with big canopy. Body position on deployment. Wingsuit.

But what do I know?

[aphid 0]

1) 4600
2) 17, and at least 2 more I should have
3) blown top-skin, broken lines, 2 candy-wrap inversions, a few spinners

[airtwardo 6]

3657 total jumps



14 malfunctions



Types of malfunctions:
8 streamers.
3 line-overs.
1 blown panels.
1 risers broke.
1 caught on fire.

*no totals, no bag locks.
**of the 14, I packed 7 of them.

~ 1 of line-overs & the 1 blown panels were Tandems...


~ The riser failure, the fire in the canopy, 2 streamers and 2 line-overs were on demos.

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[jimmytavino 16]

3,176 jumps


Six reserve rides, but only
2 cutaways..
once on "shot & a halves", once on 3 rings...

Crisscrossed suspension lines on a H P Round,,, french papillon, for the shot and a halves ( moved a packed canopy, in its P.O.D., into my container,, without re packing it,,,crossed something up, as i hooked up the risers.. approx 1975...)


tied up steering lines/ tension knots on the second cutaway Para Plane Cloud, in a wonderhog.

For the other 4 reserve rides, 2 were from totals, ( inability to reach the PC handle )
One was a P C I T/ horseshoe and one was
a " straight to reserve" deployment after having right shoulder disclocated on an exit...

I always felt that 0ne in one thousand... is just about right...For cutaways!!!

enter in, other problems, malfunctions and possibilities,, the ratio of jumps to reserve rides,,, may drop to 1 in 500 or maybe even 1 in 300.

jmy

[Para5-0 0]

Jumps - 8500
Cutaways - 10

Mostly Line twists, one uncocked pull out (Pilot Chute in Tow), two tandems mals 2 line overs

[Dougiefresh 0]

1. 900
2. 3
3. PC in tow, baglock, hard pull. All in 15 jumps.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. --Douglas Adams

[InfiniteSky 0]

-91
-1
-knot in steering line

[pilotdave 0]

1830
0
None

Dave

[djmarvin 2]

6,600
3
2 spinnettos, one tandem line over

DJ Marvin
AFF I/E, Coach/E, USPA/UPT Tandem I/E
http://www.theratingscenter.com

[godziller 0]

1.3566
2.18
3.1 sleave lock PC, 1.10' rip PC, 10 streamers(9 ropes and rings), 1 total blow up(strato star no reefing) Yeah it hurt. 4.crew, 1. line over

[bbarnhouse 0]

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1. How many jumps do you have?
2. How many cutaways?
3. What kind of malfunction? (Total or Partial) **Optional**

1. 4500
2. 1
3. Slider up spinner

[druvaughn 0]

1 - 738
2 - 1
3 - Partial on jump 99, brake line knotted around riser wouldn't unstow; wouldn't chop same mal now, just cut brake line and land rears

Best luck,
Dru

-
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"Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical."

[elias123 0]

1. 240
2. 0
3. 1 pilot chute in tow, 1 lineover (and a few linetwists like most of us). Cleared both of them altough it was a close call on the pcit.

"In a mad world, only the mad are sane"

[dragon2 0]

1) ~1740
2) 7, or 9 if you count 2 intentionals (3 canopies)
3) - fxc fire @ 2500ft on student gear, resulting in 2 out resulting in downplane
- spun up safire 135
- intentional cutaway
- line-over (multiple lines) on sabre 135
- diving/spun up spectre 135
- intentional cutaway
- total (on wingsuit jump)
- half open/spinning vengeance 135
- 2 broken A-lines on fusion 120

For my first 700 jumps, including the 2 intentionals, I was going for 1 per 100 jumps.... Now it's one per year

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[dragon2 0]

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1 caught on fire.

Gotta be a story behind that one..?

ciel bleu,
Saskia

[kimemerson 7]

1. 3880
2. 5
3. Partials. Some fast, some slow.

Probably didn't have to chop mal. #2 (I was young) and probably should have chopped one or two that I didn't (I was young).

[VideoFly 0]

1- 1,500
2- 2
3- Brake fire; Line twist