JeffGordon 0 #1 August 28, 2001 Since there were a couple of other incident reports, thought I'd post my two cents.Sunday, a good friend of mine hooked it in. Sam is known as a very aggressive canopy pilot but it still came as a shock. He is in the hospital now with his left leg fractured in 5 places, a broken hip and two cracked vertebra.Second incident a licensed but low number jumper made a downwind landing on a runway. She got the breath knocked out of her and got skinned up pretty good but was otherwise OKThird incident: A student on his first 10 second delay failed to pull his ripcord until the AAD fired. He didn't have any canopy at all until about 400 feet. He landed way off the drop zone and I went with the DZO to find him. We found him scratched up but OK with the reserve draped over a small pine tree. We took the student back to the DZ and then I went back to look for the main/free bag. I found the main, still in the bag with the reserve pilot chute bridle knotted around the main pilot chute. This was a very lucky guy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 August 28, 2001 "I found the main, still in the bag with the reserve pilot chute bridle knotted around the main pilot chute. This was a very lucky guy."Damn....I says to myself."The cab driver said... he recognized my girly by the back of her head" -Beasty BoysClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RemiAndKaren 0 #3 August 28, 2001 Hey Jeff,re the 3rd oneso he did pull the ripcord, but at the same time or just after the AAD fired? and he still managed to cut away the main?.. please post more details if you have them as this incident has me scratching my head...RemiMuff 914 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeffGordon 0 #4 August 28, 2001 According to his jumpmaster, he was flailing around and didn't pull. The jumpmaster said he reached for the main ripcord, bent his head down to look, flipped over on his back and was just falling out of control. The DZO (who was on the radio for the student) saw the reserve deploy at the low altitude. Inspection of the rig when we picked him up showed the AAD had fired. The student was unclear on what he did when, so all the rest is just speculation. The general consensus was that the AAD fired about the time he pulled the main ripcord causing the two pilot chutes to entangle. He definitely did pull the reserve handle because the main had cut away (The student rigs are all SOS, with the cutaway cable and reserve cable on the same handle.) I am not sure when he pulled the silver handle, but I believe that was what cleared the mess and allowed the reserve to deploy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #5 August 28, 2001 "so he did pull the ripcord, but at the same time or just after the AAD fired? and he still managed to cut away the main?"I didnt see this one but saw a carbon copy of that last year. I guy I worked with and had convinced to take the FJC. I thought I was watching him die as he passed 1500 ft. He lived....barely."The cab driver said... he recognized my girly by the back of her head" -Beasty BoysClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
