SFL-2023-005 · Cause: Medical
Partially verified Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 18.02.2023
- Country
- USA
- Drop zone
- Adventure Skydive Center
- Place
- Sallisaw, Oklahoma
- Context
- Student
- Jump type
- Static line / IAD
- Role
- Student
Jumper
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Licence
- Student
- Total jumps
- 2
Cause
- Category
- Medical
What happened
Student on an instructor-assisted deployment (IAD) jump from about 3,500 ft, her second jump. The main opened normally and she followed instructions, but the canopy then went into a slow turn that became a spin with line twists. She appeared unconscious. Investigators found a history of seizures.
Lessons for safety
Medical screening matters for students; conditions such as seizures must be disclosed before training.
Sources
- www.uspa.org Federation, USPA 2023 fatality summary, case #10 (anonymous)
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