Re: [base570] Fatality - Idaho
base570 wrote:
rsh01 wrote:
condolences.
what was his experience?
a v big
if here, but if i understood the link on blinc correctly he corrected his 180 which spun him round facing the cliff?
what are the correct procedures with a 180 close to a cliff?
-forget the 180 & apply front riser to create a greater gap from object and then worry about the 180? do you have to apply different pressure on each riser to ensure they dont untangle?
-do smthg else.....?
await the trolls......
It didn't sound like he had a line twist but a 180 degree off heading. I though it sounded like he corrected the 180 but hit the ledge below after releasing rears and after heading correction. This caused the canopy to dive into the ledge below which he hit and then continued over the edge and down another 200ft.
rsh01, I concur with 570 on my take from the report.
And here's a lesson from it: don't be in a hurry to change your flight profile after you've parried the Reaper's first thrust because he's still there waiting for you until you're on the ground with a collapsed canopy.
You go to rears and clear the wall. So far, so good -- but now you are slightly disoriented in terms or height and distance in relation to the rest of the object and the terrain around it.
You are safe for that instant, so hold that flight profile until you re-orient, and then act appropriately. In this case (assuming the report accurately reflects the event), the decedent should have held his rear-riser flight profile until he re-oriented -- at which point he probably would have seen that letting up would dive him into the ledge, so he could have maintained the rear-riser flight profile until he steered clear of everything and into open space again away from the wall and ledge.
Basic rule of thumb: If things aren't getting worse, maintain your current flight profile/control configuration until circumstances dictate a change thereto because it's not usually good process or procedure to toss undefined variables into the mix in a life-or-death environment.
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