| Description: The deceased had broken his pelvis two years prior from a botched hook turn. The general consensus is that says he hasn't done a hook turn since that accident, and all witnesses agreed that he was coming straight in when this happened. About 40 feet from the ground, something went wrong and the nose of his canopy folded, made a quick turn and collapsed. It may have been turbulence, though he might have been trying to avoid another canopy and lost control, or he could have lost his grip on one front riser as he was using them to setup up his landing. Witnesses indicated he twitched his head, as if to look at something, and the canopy entered a dive immediately thereafter. He was jumping a Jedei 105, loaded at about 1.4 lb/ft^2. He had been jumping for about 7 years, and had toned down his flying style since his previous accident. |