I knew a Senior Master Sergeant in a USAF special tactics unit that augered into the Florida Glades an survived.....TWICE !
Of course recovery was years between each impact ..
And each time he fought administrokia to return to jump status.
Perfect cutaways each time an reserves failed on both.
He packed his own chutes before anyone thinks conspiracy etc by his troops.
Maybe he shoulda sub'd that part out....
Bad Luck Bear. I watched an Army type pop a streamer and deploy reserve without cutting away when I was a kid playing at Lakehurst, NJ. Saw the bounce. That did not stop me from jumping as an adult though. Waiting in line to board for my second jump, saw a guy have to cut away and deploy his reserve. Worked fine. No bounce. It usually just requires a cool head and a little luck. That MSGT apparently had used all his luck chips. Good thing he had a cool head.