Paul Smith-Crallan
Date: March 15, 2006 Nationality: English
Object Type: Antenna
Location: Swanscombe, Kent, United Kingdom
COD: Impact
Clothes / Suit: Normal clothes

Description:

Paul, who was under the supervision of a mentor, is jumping this pylon for the first time. His mentor is known to teach his charges to use a packing aid when folding pilot chutes for stowed jumps.
Apparently Paul did not remove the packing aid, which was a pull up cord, prior to jumping and on deployment the pilot chute failed to extract the canopy in time for full inflation.

The lesson here is obvious for both mentors and students.

Nicknamed, BaseMonkey, Paul was well liked and very enthusiastic about the sport.

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