Keep an Eye Out | Broken Lines

Published on Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Keep an Eye Out | Broken Lines

USPA Staff

A jumper experienced broken suspension lines on his new main parachute that required him to cut away and deploy his reserve. Later, when investigators inspected the main parachute, they determined that tension knots, which most likely developed in the jumper’s semi-stowless deployment bag, caused one line to saw through the other lines. Jumpers must carefully fold suspension lines into the pouch of a semi-stowless bag to allow the lines to pull free in an orderly manner.

Comments (0)Number of views (7268)
Print
 

 

 
Photo by David Cherry

At Skydive Arizona in Eloy, (clockwise from “driver”) Carlo Manuel, Dan Baker, Sam Laliberte and Joel Tremblay perform a car-drop stunt to promote Cleared Hot’s Vet Boogie.

Squirrel

 

AXIS

Safety Check | Calmness
Safety Check | Nov 18, 2022

Safety Check | Calmness

Innhopps

U.K. Hosts POPS World Championships
Event News | Nov 07, 2022

U.K. Hosts POPS World Championships

Innhopps

Jumpers Set Washington State POPS Record
Records | Nov 03, 2022

Jumpers Set Washington State POPS Record

Alexey Galda | D-36496
Profiles | Nov 01, 2022

Alexey Galda | D-36496

Innhopps

First2930313234363738Last