Oops!

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A mate of mine did a tandem this weekend and sent the pics through.

He was none too chuffed when this was pointed out on the exit shot!

[IanHarrop 42]

Its very hard to see in this picture so I am going to guess:

Is the snap not closed properly on the ring?

Perhaps if you could post a bigger and clearer picture. The limit is 100k and this picture is less than 4k.

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[nael 0]

EEK! I wonder if that sort of stuff gets overlooked often. Bet he wont be in a rush to do another tandem now!

www.TerminalSports.com.auAustralia's largest skydive gear store

[Hooknswoop 19]

Tandem Instructors must check, double check, triple check, and then check a few more times to make sure everything is correct. Mistakes such as this are easily avoided an unacceptable. Could have been worse though, I've seen video of a TMI exiting w/o the uppers connected. The video guy pointed it out and the TI got one connected before deploying. There is another case where the same TI exited w/o the uppers connected twice and landed that way both times.

Derek

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That's as big as it gets, I cut it out of the rest of the picture to remove identities/DZ

This is a bit better

[Mr17Hz 1]

Why do you want to remove the identity of the DZ, I would personally be VERY interested to find out if my home DZ is responsible for this so that I can give somebody greif about it. I doubt it is, but i'm sure there are a lot of people thinking "man, i'm glad shit like that doesn't happen at my DZ" even though it actually did. I think it's a good learning experience not to hide faults, but to acknowledge them.

Matt Christenson

mattchristenson@realskydiving.com
http://www.RealDropzone.com - A new breed of dropzone manifest software.

[skymedic 0]

why stay anonymous on a public forum?

Marc
otherwise known as Mr.Fallinwoman....

[sdctlc 0]

I cant tell very well but it looks like the lef upper clip is not all the way on and is not closed all the way as a result.... Is that it?? Hard to tell.. Double check if our doing a tandem all of the connections....


Scott C.

"He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!"

[feuergnom 29]

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why stay anonymous on a public forum?

because – unfortunately - you get flamed and pissed at for way less serious stuff in here

The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle

dudeist skydiver # 666

[tombuch 0]

It looks like the gate on the shoulder attachment wasn't closed. My question is why? Did the TI not clip it completely and then the gate just hung up, or was there an undetected deformity that prevented the gate from closing?
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Tom Buchanan
Instructor Emeritus
Comm Pilot MSEL,G
Author: JUMP! Skydiving Made Fun and Easy

[riggerrob 643]

... or was there an undetected deformity that prevented the gate from closing?
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[tombuch 0]

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... or was there an undetected deformity that prevented the gate from closing?
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The gates on B-12 snaps often get bent to the point they will not close by themselves.
Vector I and II student harnesses used B-12 snaps with locking pins.
I have never seen this mal on the heavier 5500 pound snaps used by Strong.

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I have had a few PM's on this.

This wasn't at my regular DZ (Picton), and I'm not about to post names or places either. Sorry to disappoint!