SFL-2024-035 · Cause: Landing – intentional low turn
Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 25.09.2024
- Country
- South Africa
- Drop zone
- Skydive Pretoria
- Place
- Pretoria, Gauteng
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Jump type
- Swoop / canopy piloting
- Phase
- Approach & landing
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 52
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Total jumps
- 5,500
Cause
- Category
- Landing – intentional low turn
What happened
Very experienced canopy pilot (about 5,500 jumps), competing for Great Britain at the 10th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships. Details of the accident have not been published.
Sources
- www.lbc.co.uk Media
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