jacketsdb23 49 #1 May 1, 2007 Without complete information from the recent accident at Taft it appears it MAY be a double malfunction. With the accident at Crosskeys in the past year and the accident in Colorado are double mal accidents on the rise? Maybe I'm just paying more attention. Thoughts?Losers make excuses, Winners make it happen God is Good Beer is Great Swoopers are crazy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonRose 0 #2 May 2, 2007 A double mal would suck. Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #3 May 2, 2007 I posted about mine in 2003, and it never raised too many eyebrows. I was surprised to find out that it was a regular, if uncommon, occurence. I think we may be hearing about more through this website, and/or that the volume of Tandems are increasing, and so the prevalence of double Tandem mals appears to be increasing too - but may be statistically constant. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 May 2, 2007 Tonto, I'm statistically challenged so bear with me. Given whatever numbers are out there, is there any way to distinguish between equipment mals and jumper-induced mals? To me, the "malfunction" implies equipment when in reality, I believe, many mals are jumper-induced which is quite a different animal. Such information may be valuable in targeting action.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #5 May 2, 2007 Quoteis there any way to distinguish between equipment mals and jumper-induced mals? I don't think so. As a Tandem Instructor I made a few of the same mistakes that have killed others. I was lucky in some, and a bit quicker in one case. Tandem is relatively simple when things go OK, but when things go very, horribly wrong, they do so FAST, and in some cases, there is no oportunity to recover fully in the altitude you have, particularly if you're jumping Cessna's from 8 or 9 grand. I clearly recall a case where I struggled to get my head around the fact that I was fighting for my life 6 seconds out the door, and my mindset wasn't ready for that. That was meant only to happen at the end of the dive. Equipment is really, really good. Some owners push maintenance intervals. Some instructors push endurance levels. It's the "package" of Tandem which (in my opinion) is the riskiest way to earn money in our sport. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
