Pilot forced to jump.....

[genot]

Hypothetically speaking. If I had ever talked to the pilot in question on frequency, for the last four years or so, I'd hold him in high esteem.

 

[tomokc]

A reserve chute went off at the door and got tangled up in the tail then the jumper took the main rig down. The plane was flyable enough to descend and position for the crash but not land-able. (from the pilot's facebook page)

Ooooh - Another reminder of why I shouldn't start jumping again: A malfunctioning reserve that can't be cut away.

The horrors. The horrors.

 

[dustoff17]

Seems to me training a pilot up to freefall would be a requirement. Making your first jump in a situation like this has to suck!
Kudos to the pilot for keeping his head and making the best of the sandwich he had to eat.......

 

[99driver]

And how will you explain the Takeoff's and Landings not being the same in the log book.....? ;-)

I don't log takeoffs. But I do have lots more take offs than landings. Every leg we expect a CAT II approach I take off and the CPT lands.

 

[slushie]

Dammit. My plan of action is to go fly jumpers again a few towns over. 182/King Air/Twotter at the dropzone, with insurance mins I'm close to. Then I read crap like this, and think about the drunken dimwits that I use to fly back in Vegas.