First Cut Away - Line Over

[EOCS 0]

Had my first cutaway on jump 63 due to a line over on rental gear that i did not pack. Its interesting that this happened to me on that jump cause i remember the person who packed it last weekend saying they were too tired to pack and asked me if i wanted to instead. as i was going up on the next load i declined the next weekend i jumped with that gear/pack job and got the line over. learned alot from this jump, more then i had expected. I learned that i remain quite calm when dealing with a mal, at least a slow one. and im now sure that i wll be buying my own rig this winter at least then i know whats packed in there. The following is how i described the incident on the report.

Tracked away from the 3 way at 1500 and pulled at 1000. In the first seconds i thought it was just a offheading opening but then noticed it did not stop turning to the left. Grabbed the right rear riser and pull down about 20 cm to stabalize the flight and do a canopy check. On the check i noticed that the left 2-3 cells were not really inflated properly and that the area around the 3rd cell was being choked by one of the lines. This is when i understood it was a line over, probably a total of about 4-5 seconds between pull and realization of the malfunction. I quickly checked the altimeter and noted about 700m i think. Mostly i registered that it was well above the 500 mark so im not sure the exact higth. Grabbed both handles and looked below to make sure no one was there and then pulled the cut away, as soon as my right arm was at full extension i pulled the reserve ring which came out rather easy, i think the RSL beat me too it. Felt the feeling of falling and then a sort of hard opening. The left cells of the reserve did not inflate right away so the canopy turned to the left, this is when i dropped the handles and grabbed the risers, did the canopy check and then proceeded to land it. Landing was perfectly fine without falling or injury.

I have to say im quite thankful to my AFF instructors, its because of them that i knew exactly what to do and how to do it.

After landing was on the next load up :)

Blue Skys,
Jim

[Flyerer 0]

Good job handling the malfunction. Why were you completing your freefall and deploying at 1500 ft??

[futuredivot 0]

Real skydivers pull low.....or.....I believe we're talking meters (metres) not feet

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

[PiLFy 3]

Estonia uses the metric system. FWIW, I once cleared a line-over (not packed by me) by pulling down hard on the effected side's toggle. The steering cascade slid off the three choked cells w/a loud fwumph!

Disclaimer: Newbie_Newbie_Newbie....

[DanG 1]

Be sure to give the top skin of a canopy a good inspection after clearing a line over. Friction burn damage is not unheard of.

- Dan G

[PiLFy 3]

Thanks,
An instructor had warned me about that possibility....after I'd already re-jumped it .

[Skyflyer3 0]

I think this thread belongs in "Safety and Training".

[pchapman 279]

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Good job handling the malfunction. Why were you completing your freefall and deploying at 1500 ft??

Systeme International units.

In other words, the world consists of more than the USA & terrorists.

[theplummeter 15]

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Good job handling the malfunction. Why were you completing your freefall and deploying at 1500 ft??

Systeme International units.

In other words, the world consists of more than the USA & terrorists.

Not during an election year ;)