SFL-2023-007 · Cause: Low cutaway
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 04.03.2023
- Country
- Italy
- Drop zone
- Sky Dream Center
- Place
- Cumiana, Turin
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Phase
- Deployment
- Exit altitude
- 13,000 ft
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 63
- Years in sport
- 33
Cause
- Category
- Low cutaway
What happened
Very experienced jumper (33 years in the sport) on a jump from about 4,000 m. His main parachute did not open properly; he released it and deployed the reserve, but was already too low.
Sources
- www.open.online Media
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