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Packer didn't cock my pilot chute :|

that's not what caused it.
Man up

YOU didnt check that your PC was cocked.. YOU failed in your gear check.
Operator error
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I had 3:

Slow Speed (1988) - tangled steering line

CrW Wrap (1990 ish)- Karl 'said' his steering line got caught in his finger right before he wrapped me from the side. It was fun.

High speed (2005 ish, maybe?)- afterwards found a slip knot in the bridle that caught the PC a bit - if it was there during the mal, it explains it. Lazy PC snatch due to partial inflation.

short answer - I pack fast, but try to keep my bridle and lines stows neat

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I don't have any pictures. Basically tried making a very short call and packed in a rush. The dumb part is I didn't get to jump on that load due to clouds and waited a week to jump this pack job:S

The first 3 stows came out but i had the lines from one group caught through another stow next to it. It made a nice little knot. It probably didn't help that my pc was worn some and I was doing a hop n pop.

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1) Packing - pressure knots + torn center cell after hard opening from a packer
2) Packing - lineover - my packing :$
3) Packing - Baglock or streamer or something (not game enough to look)
4) Operator - was sore from premi on previous jump, lazy throw, PC hesitation, got off too quick.
5) Equipment - 1 break refused to unlock on Tandem
6) Packing - Lineover (tandem)
7) Body position/equipment - Lent my gear to someone who forgot to do up their chest strap on a FF jump. They crossed arms on deployment - went in to head down and had instant canopy. Must have put a small hole in it (I inspected it and couldn't see it) but when I jumped it next, tore a 3 foot hole in the top skin.

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