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Yet another death at notorious Calif. skydiving center, bringing total to 22 since 1981
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 19, 2021 | Andrew Chamings

Posted on 04/21/2021 1:19:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Yet another skydiver has died at the Skydive Lodi Parachute Center.

The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981. Nine of those deaths have occurred since 2016, according to the FAA.

The woman, identified as 57-year-old Sabrina Call of Watsonville by the San Joaquin County coroner, died on Saturday afternoon, officials said. A parachutist who jumped with her called the sheriff's office reporting that the victim's parachute became tangled.

"We're sad, but it's just like a car wreck or anything else. You have to go on," owner Bill Dause, who was ordered to pay $40 million in March in connection with a previous fatality at his center, told KCRA Monday.

The sheriff's office said that the woman was a "very experienced" skydiver.

"What was reported to us from someone who witnessed the [incident]… was that the chute failed to fully open as she was coming down and it was heavily tangled around her," the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office said.

The FAA is investigating, but said their investigations are limited to inspections of the parachute rigging.

"Federal Aviation Administration investigations of skydiving events are limited to inspecting the parachute rigging. The FAA does not investigate to determine the cause of the event,” they said in a statement.

This accident comes one month after the parachute center was ordered to pay $40 million in connection with a deadly jump there five years ago.

On Aug. 6, 2016, Tyler Turner, an 18-year-old from Los Banos who had just graduated high school with a 4.3 grade point average, went skydiving for the first time to celebrate a friend's birthday.

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


TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: skydivelodi; skydiving
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1 posted on 04/21/2021 1:19:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
"the chute failed to fully open"

And the backup chute?
2 posted on 04/21/2021 1:26:05 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: nickcarraway

“”We’re sad, but it’s just like a car wreck or anything else. You have to go on,” owner Bill Dause, who was ordered to pay $40 million in March in connection with a previous fatality at his center, told KCRA Monday.”

This guy is a moron. His attorney must be going crazy with stupid statements like this. Maybe he is not at fault for the poor woman’s fate but he is just asking for trouble after just going through paying a huge settlement.


3 posted on 04/21/2021 1:32:03 AM PDT by princeofdarkness ( )
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To: princeofdarkness

How long will he keep getting insurance?


4 posted on 04/21/2021 1:35:28 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Things Got bad and things got worse and I guess you
will know the tune,

Oh! Lord stuck in Lodi again


5 posted on 04/21/2021 1:38:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: princeofdarkness

That is the first thing I thought as well. You shouldn’t say anything except to your lawyer.


6 posted on 04/21/2021 1:40:32 AM PDT by deek69
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To: princeofdarkness

Exactly. How tone deaf.


7 posted on 04/21/2021 2:17:24 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: nickcarraway

“stuck in Lodi again”...very good...

Kid dies to celebrate someone else’s birthday. 4.3 grade average..? How ironic, but pitiful.


8 posted on 04/21/2021 2:18:34 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: nickcarraway

Do the chutes say “Acme” on the outside?


9 posted on 04/21/2021 2:20:59 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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Did they have dirt on the Clintons or Epstein?


10 posted on 04/21/2021 2:37:13 AM PDT by TrumpForeva
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To: Still Thinking

11 posted on 04/21/2021 3:02:32 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: nickcarraway
The school jumpmaster:


12 posted on 04/21/2021 3:06:43 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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So you voluntarily jump out of a perfectly good airplane....and you die. 22 sounds pretty good in the odds department over that many years.


13 posted on 04/21/2021 3:27:17 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: nickcarraway

Turns out the guy they hired misunderstood the question. They asked him if he was a certified parachute packer. He thought they said fudge-packer.


14 posted on 04/21/2021 3:34:54 AM PDT by Old Yeller
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To: nickcarraway
Oh well, it was fun for about a minute.

T = sqrt(2d/g)


15 posted on 04/21/2021 3:42:51 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: nickcarraway

Less than one death per year. And another question: Was there an emergency parachute as backup?


16 posted on 04/21/2021 3:43:58 AM PDT by Morpheus2009 (If you want me to be afraid, then be consistent in your logic, standards, and your lies!s)
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It's pretty much over for you if that character yells “Stand in the door”. Might as well jump out without your gear and get it over with, as you’re not making it through the day, regardless.
17 posted on 04/21/2021 3:51:12 AM PDT by Fury
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To: nickcarraway

“On Aug. 6, 2016, Tyler Turner, an 18-year-old from Los Banos who had just graduated high school with a 4.3 grade point average”

If they’re saying he was some kind of genius for getting a 4.3 GPA (whatever that means), then why was he jumping out of perfectly good airplanes?


18 posted on 04/21/2021 3:57:16 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Morpheus2009

Without knowing the particulars of this case, some people deploy the backup without releasing the main chute - resulting in two tangled chutes (and death).


19 posted on 04/21/2021 4:16:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Morpheus2009
Owner Bill Dause told reporters. “No one actually saw exactly what happened until probably the last couple hundred feet,” he said. “She had two parachutes out, entangled with each other that weren’t fully inflated, and pointed toward the ground at very rapid speed.” An employee at Skydive Lodi said that her equipment was packed by a contract parachute rigger. - https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article250786929.html
20 posted on 04/21/2021 4:23:41 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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