San Jose skydiver dies after falling out of harness

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 08/26/2013 | Woodland Daily Democrat

[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.

[BenLurkin]

Great read. Thank you for posting.

[Vendome]

That’s what I’m thinking.

He’s or was experienced.

Still, can’t see it being that loose and you don’t sense it.

[MaxMax]

Or that too. I remember training hard to unharness because there was a pond
just 100 yards away from the jump zone. One wrong gust and 100 yards is just a
few seconds away. Those were good times.

[Disambiguator]

I did four static line jumps 27 years ago. Your experience was similar to mine. I have pictures. :^)

[Scoutmaster]

As a fellow pilot once asked me...”Why would anyone want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane?”

I have a t-shirt that says "There are no perfectly good airplanes."

I still wear it, although I haven't jumped with regularity in five or six years.