2 Matches (out of a total of 833 incidents)

1. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   13/04/1998	Dillingham, HI	EXC,MAL	37	11000	N?/N?
   Description: During the filming for a skydiving film, the deceased was wearing a modified harness-jumpsuit combination (bat-wing-esqe). After some modifications to the system, he went up to make another jump and experienced a bag-lock malfunction. It appears that he was unable to cutaway, and deployed his reserve into the main bag, and landed under the resulting streamering reserve.
   Lessons:This was an exceptional skydive made by an exceptional skydiver. His history of pushing the envelope has changed skydiving dramatically into the form we know it today. Unfortunately, the risk of pushing the envelope is that it may tear someday. If there is any lesson, it is that experience, maturity, and talent may not be enough to get one through every situation.

2. Date	Location	Category	Age	# Jumps	AAD?/RSL?	Dropzone.com Report	Dropzone.com Discussion
   15/06/2001	Witchita, KS	MAL	21	310	Y/N
   Description: This jumper's exited a Cessna 182 from 11,000 feet, making his 5th or 6th jump with a Birdman suit. Witnesses on the ground observed deployment at an estimated 4,000 feet AGL. The main parachute started to spin immediately after deployment and continued until impact. The Coroner stated that the injuries sustained upon impact caused immediate death. Two USPA S&TA's, in cooperation with the Sedgwick County Sheriff and Coroners office conducted the investigation at the scene. The investigation showed that the right suspension lines were routed under his right arm and wrapped tightly around his right leg. The slider was wrapped around his right foot.. The canopy, a Cobalt 150, was fully deployed but with this "horseshoe" malfunction the canopy started an unrecoverable spin. The cutaway handle was inaccessible because of the way the suspension lines pressed the birdman wing against his body, totally covering the cutaway handle. It is the consensus of the two S&TA's investigating this incident that even if he could have cut away, the suspension lines were so severely wrapped around the arms, legs, and foot that it would not have made a difference in clearing the malfunction. The reserve was not deployed, but the reserved handle was dislodged, most likely as a result of impact. The rate of decent was not sufficient to cause the CYPRES to fire. The S&TA's concur in their opinion that this incident was probably the result of deploying in an unstable body position. We have no way of knowing for sure if the Birdman suit was the only contributing factor, but since this jumper had no history of problems prior to this incident, his limited experience with the Birdman suit was most likely a factor in creating an unstable body position at deployment, resulting in a horseshoe malfunction. Unfortunately, because of the nature of this particular situation, he was left with little or no options to correct the situation.
   Lessons:Deployment with birdman suits is a little tricky; this incident demonstrates exactly badly things can go. If you choose to jump any suit or device which significantly changes your deployment method, you are taking an additional risk.
   USPA Description: This jumper exited last out of a Cessna 182. He was wearing a borrowed Birdman wingsuit. Witnesses observed his deployment at approximately 4,000 feet, which resulted in an immediate spinning malfunction that continued all the way to landing.
   USPA Conclusions:This jumper was found with the main parachute entangled on several parts of his body. The entanglement is consistent with those caused by unstable deployments. The right-side suspension lines of the main canopy were wrapped under his right arm and around his right foot. The right arm wing of the wingsuit was not released (they have separate release handles to allow for free arm movement). The main canopy cutaway handle was in place and obstructed by the wing of the wingsuit, due to lines of the canopy wrapping around the side of the jumper's body. The main canopy was an elliptical demo canopy, which was new to the jumper, as well. It is not known whether the canopy played a part in the actual cause of the entanglement or whether it was caused bybody position during deployment. The wingsuit manufacturer recommends a minimum of 500 skydives and use of a docile main canopy for wingsuit jumps