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Skydiving accident in St. Tammany Parish kills one, injuries another
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:24 pm
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:24 pm
Via STPSO on Facebook
Update via The Advocate
quote:
**STPSO Investigating Skydiving Accident**
The St. Tammany Parish is currently investigating a skydiving accident, which occurred shortly after 11:00 a.m. on Sunday (May 28, 2017).
The preliminary investigation indicates that a skydiver instructor, and a trainee, performed a tandem jump early this morning. For unknown reasons, the instructor loss consciousness shortly after leaving the airplane. The main parachute did not open, resulting in the reserve parachute to open. It is unknown if the reserve parachute opened property, but witnesses say that both skydivers hit the ground very hard. The incident occurred on the Royal Golf Course in Slidell.
The male instructor was pronounced dead at the scene, and the trainee was airlifted to a hospital in the New Orleans area. The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified. The incident is still under investigation and more details will be released as they become available. Sheriff Randy Smith says, “We still aren’t one-hundred percent sure exactly what happened, but it appears to be a tragic accident. Our prayers go out to the families affected by this incident.”
Update via The Advocate
quote:
The instructor has been identified as Benjamin Leroy Crowell, of Theodore, Alabama, said St. Tammany Parish Coroner's spokesman James Hartman.
Because Crowell lost consciousness while in the air, Hartman said the cause of death "may have not have been related to the impact," though an exact determination has yet to be made.
More details to come.
This post was edited on 5/28/17 at 4:56 pm
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Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:27 pm to Pico de Gallo
Example 1047283 why I'll never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
frick that shite.
frick that shite.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:32 pm to Pico de Gallo
quote:
both skydivers hit the ground very hard.
Well ya don't frickin say
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:34 pm to Pico de Gallo
Yeah I'll keep getting my adrenaline rushes through other outlets and not skydiving
This post was edited on 5/28/17 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:38 pm to Pico de Gallo
Id rather just stay home and fap
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:38 pm to Pico de Gallo
Gold Coast Skydivers?
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:41 pm to Pico de Gallo
Frick that crap. I will never go sky diving.
I am amazed the trainee lived or survived the landing. That is incredible.
I am amazed the trainee lived or survived the landing. That is incredible.
This post was edited on 5/28/17 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:44 pm to Honest Tune
Isn't Gold Coast in lucedale ms?
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:50 pm to RebelExpress38
Around the age of 21, my now wife, then girlfriend was going to take me skydiving. I was excited about it for a while, but the more I thought about it, the more reservations I began to have. I eventually thought twice about jumping out a perfectly good airplane.
Flash forward two weeks. Someone died on a jump from a parachute failure at the place we were going to go to.
Flash forward two weeks. Someone died on a jump from a parachute failure at the place we were going to go to.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:52 pm to Pico de Gallo
What an awful way to go... dying in Slidell
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:53 pm to RebelExpress38
I just jumped with them for my birthday, is why I'm asking. We jumped out of Lumberton, MS. However, they were closing that pad. They also jump out of Abita Springs and Slidell. That is why I am curious if this was them.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:54 pm to Pico de Gallo
quote:
The main parachute did not open, resulting in the reserve parachute to open.
quote:
witnesses say that both skydivers hit the ground very hard
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:56 pm to Honest Tune
Gold Coast jumps or used to jump in Lumberton MS.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:56 pm to Pico de Gallo
It will be interesting to see if the instructor was already dead when they hit the ground
Maybe he had a heart attack mid jump?
Maybe he had a heart attack mid jump?
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:58 pm to Pico de Gallo
quote:
witnesses say that both skydivers hit the ground very hard.
Witnesses also reported the cause of death appeared to be gravity.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 1:59 pm to MSTiger33
Yea I just jumped there, see my post above. That sight is closing. Slidell and Abita are also spots for them.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:01 pm to Pico de Gallo
I've tandemed a bunch of student jumpers and thrill seekers in my time, 344 logged, and I cannot begin to imagine what happened here unless somehow the master hit something on exit or something flew up and hit him in the face.
As far as the jumpmaster dying ... chances are the pair were under a cigarette roll of some sort and reverse arched causing the larger jumpmaster to take the brunt of the landing or ... maybe they came in fast cork screwing or something, no one in control of the toggles so there was no flair, and they came in backwards and tumbled.
It's kind of odd that the student jumper made no attempt to pop the main. It's also kinda odd that the reserve did not get enough silk opened to provide more lift ... which sounds more like some sort of main/reserve entanglement to me but who knows.
As far as the jumpmaster dying ... chances are the pair were under a cigarette roll of some sort and reverse arched causing the larger jumpmaster to take the brunt of the landing or ... maybe they came in fast cork screwing or something, no one in control of the toggles so there was no flair, and they came in backwards and tumbled.
It's kind of odd that the student jumper made no attempt to pop the main. It's also kinda odd that the reserve did not get enough silk opened to provide more lift ... which sounds more like some sort of main/reserve entanglement to me but who knows.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:04 pm to beerJeep
quote:
Example 1047283 why I'll never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
Skydiving is fricking awesome. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Do you drive?
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:05 pm to beerJeep
quote:The time I went the airplane was such a POS I was happy to jump out of it.
Example 1047283 why I'll never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:08 pm to Salmon
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It will be interesting to see if the instructor was already dead when they hit the ground Maybe he had a heart attack mid jump?
That is really the only situation which makes since. The instructor was unable to open the main canopy and the reserve chute was opened when its auto activation device was triggered by their airspeed and altitude. Without proper landing flare and form they would have hit pretty hard, but not hard enough to kill the instructor.
"AAD - (Automatic Activation Device) A mechanical or electronic device which
automatically opens the main or reserve parachute at a set altitude as a
back up for the user."
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