SFL-2022-007 · Cause: Landing – intentional low turn
Partially verified Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 17.03.2022
- Country
- USA
- Drop zone
- Skydive City Zephyrhills
- Place
- Zephyrhills, Florida
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Phase
- Approach & landing
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 33
- Total jumps
- 934
- Years in sport
- 7
Equipment
- Main canopy
- 90 sq ft
- Wing loading
- 2.11 lb/sq ft
Cause
- Category
- Landing – intentional low turn
What happened
Made a 270° turn to final and hit the ground in a steep dive. He was flying a 90 sq ft cross-braced canopy at a wing loading of 2.1.
Lessons for safety
High-performance approaches need a turn started high enough to recover. If in doubt, abort the turn and land straight in.
Sources
- www.uspa.org Federation, USPA 2022 fatality summary, case #5 (anonymous)
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