Citation

Hart CL, Griffith JD, Randell JA. Percept. Mot. Skills 2006; 103(3): 896-900.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, East Central University Ada, OK 74820, USA. chart@mailclerk.ecok.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17326520

Abstract

Between 2000 and 2004, 125 recreational parachuting fatalities were reported in the USA. Each was categorized using a previously reported taxonomy. While patterns of skydiving fatality were largely unchanged since the last such analysis of fatalities from 1993-1999, some variations were noted. As in previous analyses, most of the recent skydiving fatalities were the direct result of human error. Some examples of commonplace human error fatalities were turning low to the ground resulting in a hard landing, accidentally colliding with other skydivers resulting in entangled parachutes, and failure to deploy the reserve parachute correctly in the event of malfunctioning main parachute.

Language: en