skydiverek 61 #1 January 25, 2018 MUST SEE! Student cuts away below 250 feet (below 75 meters)! Zero injuries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vdll5qgXFo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
glh 4 #3 January 25, 2018 Needs to find out where the nearest bowling alley is.Some people shouldn't skydive! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mirino 0 #4 January 25, 2018 why is the post deleted??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverek 61 #5 January 25, 2018 Because owner wanted to have it deleted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Awdpsi 0 #6 January 25, 2018 It's literally all over facebook if anyone wants to see it. I'll sum it up though. Cut away stupid stupid stupid low, slider is just about completely down with a fully inflated canopy when the feet touch the ground.Belt and Suspenders Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mirino 0 #7 January 25, 2018 Owner is an egoist... Why should people learn from other mistakes when they can learn from their own... :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,822 #8 January 25, 2018 I would also add that this was NOT a Skyhook save; it was a plain old pilot chute doing a good job. (Moved to General since OP deleted the link.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 278 #9 January 25, 2018 Newly uploaded video found at liveleak now: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=607_1516923160 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 41 #10 January 26, 2018 pchapman Newly uploaded video found at liveleak now: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=607_1516923160 Thanks, I've downloaded and saved it. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20_kN 0 #11 January 26, 2018 It looks like he had a lineover or something similar and decided he dident want to land it. I guess the real question why he waited that long to act. Did he throw his main at 1000'? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,145 #12 January 26, 2018 20_kNIt looks like he had a lineover or something similar and decided he dident want to land it. I guess the real question why he waited that long to act. Did he throw his main at 1000'? It was a student. Under radio control. The audio is missing now, but in the earlier one you can hear the instructors. One of them was laughing. But not at the end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20_kN 0 #13 January 26, 2018 gowlerk***It looks like he had a lineover or something similar and decided he dident want to land it. I guess the real question why he waited that long to act. Did he throw his main at 1000'? It was a student. Under radio control. The audio is missing now, but in the earlier one you can hear the instructors. One of them was laughing. But not at the end.Sure I get that he was a student. But in AFF they taught me to pull at 5500' and hard-deck was at 2500'. I assume most other student programs have somewhat similar altitudes. So the question is what happened that the guy got into this scenario in the first place? If he was pulling somewhere in the 5000' range, he should have had plenty of time to make these decisions much higher. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,145 #14 January 26, 2018 Yes, she was a poor student. We don't know what the jump was. It may not have been AFF at all. It may have been a static line or IAD jump. First time jumpers are unpredictable. In the stress of a first or early skydive they are very prone to being overwhelmed and making errors. Many students have failed to cut away malfunctions. Experienced jumper sometimes do as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dogboybirdy 1 #15 January 26, 2018 Thank you for linking this again haha, but holy crap I bet everybody went silent when he cut away"Take Risks not to escape life... but to prevent life from escaping." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 2,145 #16 January 26, 2018 I found a different copy. This one has the audio. https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b9a_1516911586 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keithbar 1 #17 January 26, 2018 Boy howdy that's a pretty line over. I like how when it starts to spin on her she tries to run around the spin.i have on occasion been accused of pulling low . My response. Naw I wasn't low I'm just such a big guy I look closer than I really am . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 330 #18 January 26, 2018 No problem locating the main and free bag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 278 #19 January 26, 2018 gowlerkI found a different copy. This one has the audio. https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b9a_1516911586 That one is still up, the one I linked to has been taken down. Get it while you can... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,822 #21 January 26, 2018 >Boy howdy that's a pretty line over. I don't think that's a lineover, since it looks fairly controllable - and the PC/bridle isn't visible. I suspect the PC wrapped around the deploying canopy early in the deployment and choked off the center. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rifleman 66 #22 January 26, 2018 What happened to the three checks on canopy opening... Is it big? Is it rectangular? Is it sound? I was taught as a student that if it failed one of those, it was time to cut away and pull the silver. #scaryshitAtheism is a Non-Prophet Organisation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,822 #23 January 27, 2018 >What happened to the three checks on canopy opening... >Is it big? >Is it rectangular? >Is it sound? Indeed. We use "shape spin float" but same basic idea. The biggest mistake here, though, was not misidentifying a problem with the canopy - it was cutting away below 1000 feet. In my FJC's I emphasize that below 1000 feet you never ever cutaway in the air because your reserve won't have time to inflate before impact. Obviously this person was very, very lucky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #24 January 27, 2018 I'd love a translation of what the instructors were shouting over the radio... For me they need to be talking her through the shitshow of the situation she's put herself in - and keep talking to her to stop her doing something stupid. 'Hands in the toggles. Don't change direction. You're OK' all of that. SERIOUS beer for the reserve packer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frontfloater 0 #25 January 28, 2018 "I would also add that this was NOT a Skyhook save" The pilot-chute comes out so fast that I find it very hard to believe a first-timer or novice could pull the reserve handle so fast after pulling the cutaway pad. If it isn't a Skyhook it must surely be an SOS or other single-point dual action system... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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