SFL-2023-038 · Cause: Under review
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 15.10.2023
- Country
- USA
- Drop zone
- Skydive West Texas
- Place
- Seagraves Airport, Gaines County, Texas
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Role
- Camera flyer
- Phase
- Approach & landing
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 36
- Total jumps
- 300
Cause
- Category
- Under review
What happened
Visiting jumper helping host a three-day event. His main parachute deployed and worked normally; according to the drop zone, a small manoeuvre too close to the ground caused the accident. The FAA investigated.
Sources
- www.kcbd.com Media
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