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San Jose skydiver dies after falling out of harness
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 08/26/2013 | Woodland Daily Democrat

Posted on 08/26/2013 4:18:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A skydiver has died after he fell out of his parachute harness during a jump at SkyDance Skydiving in Davis.

Yolo County sheriff's Sgt. Hector Bautista says the 23-year-old man made the jump in Davis over the Yolo County Airport at about 6 p.m. Saturday. He died at a hospital.

His name hasn't been released but Bautista says he was an experienced skydiver who lived in San Jose.

Yolo County officials said they were sent to the scene around 6 p.m. Deputies located the body of the deceased skydiver about 1 mile southeast of the SkyDance drop zone. His canopy and harness was also located 1 mile northeast of the drop zone.

"At this point in the investigation, it is unknown how the victim became detached from his skydiving gear," according to Sheriff's Department spokesman Mark Persons. "Friends and fellow skydivers stated that victim was an experienced skydiver with more than 600 jumps.

The accident is still under investigation.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Outdoors; Sports
KEYWORDS: parachute; skydiver
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1 posted on 08/26/2013 4:18:09 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SkyDancer

SkyDance?


2 posted on 08/26/2013 4:18:27 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

He was inexperienced at parachuteless landings.


3 posted on 08/26/2013 4:19:08 PM PDT by CMB_polarization
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To: Slings and Arrows

Black humor: this happened in Yolo County.


4 posted on 08/26/2013 4:19:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Suicide as a cause makes the most sense. You aren’t about to fall out of a strapped on rig.


5 posted on 08/26/2013 4:21:27 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: CMB_polarization

I’m sure he said more than shoot.


6 posted on 08/26/2013 4:21:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
I caught that, too.

/johnny

7 posted on 08/26/2013 4:22:06 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: nickcarraway

Yo to lo in Yolo County ....cause of death ....impact. No dead cat bounce this time....sad.


8 posted on 08/26/2013 4:22:07 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: gorush

That’s a heck of a way to off yourself. No mind changing there.


9 posted on 08/26/2013 4:22:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Oops . . .


10 posted on 08/26/2013 4:23:23 PM PDT by Petruchio (Democrats are like Slinkies... Not good for anything, but it's fun pushing 'em down the stairs.)
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To: nickcarraway

You don’t need a parachute to skydive. You need a parachute to skydive twice.


11 posted on 08/26/2013 4:23:43 PM PDT by Textide
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To: Textide

What if you strapped to a cat?


12 posted on 08/26/2013 4:24:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
23 years old and 600 'jumps'?
The guy certainly liked his sky-diving (at least the first 599 of them).
13 posted on 08/26/2013 4:24:51 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: nickcarraway

I noticed that too.

You Only Live Once.


14 posted on 08/26/2013 4:25:38 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: CMB_polarization
"He was inexperienced at parachuteless landings."

I've got one of those...

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15 posted on 08/26/2013 4:25:46 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: nickcarraway

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not the sport for you.


16 posted on 08/26/2013 4:28:05 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: nickcarraway

See my tagline.


17 posted on 08/26/2013 4:28:27 PM PDT by MeganC (A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never need one again.)
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To: nickcarraway

In the first part of the story it says he died at a “hospital,” then further down it states that “the deceased skydiver” was found north of the airport. Which is it?


18 posted on 08/26/2013 4:29:31 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: nickcarraway

Nope, not me. Plus I’d be doubly sure I was harnessed in tight. I’ve made three static line jumps just to see how it felt. Three. Just three.


19 posted on 08/26/2013 4:30:48 PM PDT by SkyDancer (A white woman would be accused of racism if she gave birth to a white baby.)
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To: nickcarraway

It wasn’t the fall that killed him.

It wasn’t that sudden stop at the end of his fall that killed him.

It was the hospital.

:)


20 posted on 08/26/2013 4:31:34 PM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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