SFL-2024-033 · Cause: Landing – intentional low turn
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 27.08.2024
- Country
- Australia
- Drop zone
- Funny Farm
- Place
- Tarawera, near Goondiwindi, Queensland
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Jump type
- Swoop / canopy piloting
- Phase
- Approach & landing
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 25
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Total jumps
- 600
- Years in sport
- 2
Cause
- Category
- Landing – intentional low turn
What happened
Group jump at an organised event for experienced skydivers. His parachute opened and worked normally, but he over-corrected on landing and hit the ground at speed. The Australian Parachute Federation and police investigated.
Sources
- www.abc.net.au Media
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