Cutaway #8 - Skydive Houston - February 6, 2010

Velocity 111 twisted up during opening and started spinning. The riser 3-ring shattered my wide angle lens when I cut away.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• parachute
• emergency
• reeserve
• cutaway

[zF15z]

How many jumps have you had to total 8 cutaways?

If you do a "perfect" pack job and have a stable opening position is it very unlikely (over 1/1000) that you wouuld have a reserve pull?

[chuckakers]

@zF15z - Malfunctions that require the use of a reserve parachute are pretty rare. That was #8 out of 5,000+ jump, but I know people with that many jumps that have no reserve rides.

If you are asking because you are jumping or are thinking about it, don't let that aspect of jumping bother you. The incidents of reserve parachute failures are extremely rare. The chances of getting hit by lightening are better.

[SomeGuy7898]

@therealbamlee 1/1000 for your main. It's about 1/10000 for your reserve. Factor both together, and you're looking at 1 in 10,000,000... which is a better chance then 1 in 1,000,000.

[ACorlett48]

Sure they SAY the chances of a reserve mal are lower than getting hit by lightning, but I don't go stand out in thunderstorms storms... mostly cause the risk not nearly as rewarding :)

[BadMotherbleeper]

Really? Did no one look at the horizon? I've kicked out of a worse line twist then that, but my main was still flying true. This guy was in a flat spin and speeding up. Smart move to cut away and jump another day :) Blue skies buddy!

[firemanflyer]

Nice job yanking on your risers so much that you turned a normal deployment into a mal.

[Spudst3r]

He was spinning pretty fast, and losing consciousness from such a thing is a real reality. Safest bet is to cutaway.

No parachute is worth risking your life over for.

[Nathan97432]

Sometimes it's better to cutaway than flying with a bad canopy ;) blue sky!

[TheNEMKE]

You can solve that "problem" pretty easy man,

there is no need to cutaway just because of a simple line twist..

Blue skies, fly safe.

[adamca12]

he could retrieve the chute if he watched where it fell on his decent.

[procurbusa]

@zF15z

Lame,,,,You could of saved that..It wasnt even spinning that fast yet..You can tell you already planned on pulling your reserve before even trying to save it...

[jaiharman1]

RIP headphoners.

[mckx5]

@TheeGoldenOreo

Whatever dude. If that was true, you could have easily explained the malfunction, instead of your one word response of "no". Any experienced skydiver would have stuck with that canopy. Which is why I know you're FOS. Stick to your video games.