SFL-2025-031 · Cause: Freefall collision
Partially verified Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 04.08.2025
- Country
- USA
- Drop zone
- Meadow Peak Skydiving
- Place
- Lost Prairie, Montana
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Jump type
- Belly / RW
- Role
- Camera flyer
- Phase
- Freefall
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Ratings
- Tandem instructor, AFF instructor
- Total jumps
- 2,136
- Years in sport
- 5
Equipment
- AAD
- Installed, fired
Cause
- Category
- Freefall collision
What happened
Outside videographer on a 13-way formation at a boogie. About 25 seconds after exit, another jumper who was out of control hit him from behind. He was knocked unconscious; his AAD deployed the reserve and he landed limp in the harness.
Lessons for safety
Camera flyers are exposed in big-ways. Everyone on the jump must stay in control and keep track of the camera flyer's position.
Sources
- hungryhorsenews.com Media
- www.uspa.org Federation, USPA 2025 fatality summary, case #10 (anonymous)
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