SFL-2026-014 · Cause: Canopy collision
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 24.05.2026
- Country
- USA
- Drop zone
- Skydive West Plains
- Place
- Ritzville, Washington
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Jump type
- Belly / RW
- Phase
- Deployment
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Total jumps
- 800
Cause
- Category
- Canopy collision
What happened
11-way group jump. After a normal freefall he and another jumper collided at about 1,000 ft as their parachutes opened. He appeared incapacitated and landed without control. The other jumper (about 900 jumps) was injured and expected to recover.
Sources
- www.spokesman.com Media
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