This skydiver has heavy line twists on his Katana 120, which leads to a cutaway followed by more line twists on his reserve. Not fun! The cutaway was initiated at 2,800 feet and he was under a functional reserve by 1,700 feet.
He had a Skyhook RSL installed, and his initial assessment was that the counter-clockwise spin at the time of the cutaway is what caused the Skyhook to disconnect. However, there is the possibility that the Skyhook may have been disconnected due to out-of-sequence emergency procedures; it looks like both the cutaway and reserve handles may have been pulled at the same time, which caused the reserve pilot chute to inflate and deactivated the Skyhook.
What're your thoughts or suggestions about this incident? Let's discuss in the comments below.
This skydiver has heavy line twists on his Katana 120, which leads to a cutaway followed by more line twists on his reserve. Not fun! The cutaway was initiated at 2,800 feet and he was under a functional reserve by 1,700 feet.
He had a Skyhook RSL installed, and his initial assessment was that the counter-clockwise spin at the time of the cutaway is what caused the Skyhook to disconnect. However, there is the possibility that the Skyhook may have been disconnected due to out-of-sequence emergency procedures; it looks like both the cutaway and reserve handles may have been pulled at the same time, which caused the reserve pilot chute to inflate and deactivated the Skyhook.
What're your thoughts or suggestions about this incident? Let's discuss in the comments below.
