| Date | Location | Category | Age | # Jumps | AAD?/RSL? | Dropzone.com Report | Dropzone.com Discussion | |
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| 10/05/2002 | Skydive Suffolk, VA | AIR | 41 | 5000 | N/N | #144392 | ||
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| USPA Description: This jumper was practicing a canopy formation jump with two other jumpers. He exited the King Air aircraft from 4,500 feet with an aggressive head-high exit and struck the horizontal stabilizer. He was then seen falling back-to-earth all the way to impact. Neither parachute was deployed before he reached the ground. | ||||||||
| USPA Conclusions:This jumper exited with a hard push up and toward the back of the door, which possibly caused the back of his head to strike the horizontal stabilzier. He was apparently at least knocked unconcious at that moment, if not killed. Either way, he struck the ground without deploying a parachute. The jumper was not wearing a helmet or an AAD, either of which may have changed the outcome of this accident |
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| Name | Brad Foster | |||||||