What are the odds of dying while skydiving?

Question

Anyone know what the percentage of deaths are involving skydiving deaths?

And reasons why some jumps arent successful?

Answer 1

Skydiving is much safer than people think. During the 2006 there were 21 members of the United States Parachute Association that died. One of them was a good friend of mine...

However, there are about 31,000 members of the USPA and about 2.2 million jumps are made during the year. if you think about that there were only 21 jumps out of 2.2 million that resulted in a death.

you can get more info on this at http://uspa.org/about/page2/relative_safety.htm

more about world wide accidents are found on www.dropzone.com

There are many different safety things to help make skydiving safer. We jump with two parachutes. The FAA says that for any intentional parachute jump you must go with one more parachute than you plan on using. I only plan on using my main, but I have a reserve incase I need it, and I have, once. (That was fun! I opened up and my main parachute was damaged by a very hard opening so I cut it away and deployed my reserve).

The reserves are inspected every 120 days, used or not.

Most jumpers jump with an Automatic Activation Device. The AAD measures speed and altitude and will deploy the reserve canopy if you forget to pull the main or you are not capable of pulling the main.

There are reserve static lines that will help deploy the reserve quickly in the event of a cutaway.

Gear checks and safety are a major concern. As a skydiver we consider the winds, weather, group size, type of jump, formation speeds, group separations and more to make the skydive as safe as possible.

Most injuries and deaths happen one landing. Canopy collisions have been a big problem as of late. Most deaths happen to experienced skydivers, not students. The deaths are a result of an experience skydiver getting to comfortable with their parachute and downsizing to fast; this is what killed my friend. The small canopies require much more skill to fly and land safely. Roughly 70% of deaths are a result of a skydiver making a mistake under canopy, like a low turn or downsizing to fast.

Out of the 21 deaths last year, I personal think that only 3 of them were unavoidable. Let’s face it, skydiving is a sport where you throw yourself at the Earth and try to miss. Every now and then, someone is going to hit.

There is a lot more information we cover to be safe. A good resource on all of it would the the SIM, Skydiver Information Manual, http://uspa.org/publications/SIM/2008SIM/SIM.htm

There are a few websites you need to check out to get good info on skydiving.

http://www.uspa.org is the website of the United States Parachute Association, the governing body for sport parachuting in the United States. There is a list of member dropzones on the website along with all sorts of great info on the sport.

The official site for the British Parachute Association is: http://www.bpa.org.uk/links.htm
The official site for the Canadian Parachute Association is: http://www.cspa.ca/
The official site for the Australian Parachute Federation is: http://www.apf.asn.au/

http://www.dropzone.com is another great resource for everything about skydiving, including dropzones in the United States and the rest of the world, and some BASE too.

http://www.bigairsportz.com is the web site for Brian Germain, one of the best people on the planet to get information on canopy flight from.

http://www.skydiveradio.com is just fun and a good place to feel like you’re at the drop zone when you can’t physically be there.

http://www.azarsenal.com/ is the website for the top vertical relative work team right now. Arizona Arsenal won the 2007 USA Nationals.

If you’re not sure about skydiving but want to fly you should look at the vertical wind tunnels. http://www.skyventure.com/ is the website for skyventure which operates many tunnels in the United States, Europe and Asia. I love flying in the tunnel. I don’t do it very much, I’d rather spend my money on skydives, but it is a great place to learn, work on my flying skills and just have a lot of fun!

Make sure that you contact the drop zone you want to jump at directly. There are a few scams out there, one of which is 1800skyride. They will take your money and send you to any dropzone they want too but only about three dz’s in the country except skyride tickets. So please, please, please contact the dropzone directly.

What does skydiving feel like? -- Freedom. For 45 to 60 seconds there is nothing but me, the air and my friends. Flying your body in the sky is the greatest feeling I have ever experienced. Flying and landing a parachute is a lot of fun too. I'd say it is kinda like driving a race car and landing an airplane all at once.

For me I find relaxation in free fall. I know no better way to relax then jumping out of plane and back flying solo.

It is very easy to breath in free fall. There is a lot of air up there. Being relaxed and just flying and having fun.

The length of a skydive depends on the type of skydive. a low altitude jump I may have 5 to 20 seconds of free fall. Full altitude I can have 45 to 60 seconds of free fall. If I’m free flying then less free fall because the speeds are higher. If I'm on my belly then more time because the speeds are lower. The canopy flight time depends on how you fly and the type of canopy. It can be anywhere from less than 60 seconds under canopy to 5 or 6 minutes for a normal jump.

My first jump was a tandem and I don't remember being in the door, but I remember the rush and how i felt like i was floating during free fall. My first jump as a student I remember climbing out of the plane and getting the shake from my instructors telling me they are ready. I thought, "What the F am I doing?" then I just took a deep breath and gave the exit count. Letting go of the plane and starting the dive flow. What a rush! It was so much fun to fly my own body!

Now when I jump I think about the next point to turn. I think about flying faster in a track. I watch my friends body position and try to help them get in a better position with hand signals or I get coaching from someone else and work on my body position. Under canopy I think about my set up points and how and where to enter the landing pattern and where I want to land. But more than anything I think about how much fun and wonderful this sport is.

The tandem is a great jump. I’d get video too. I made one tandem in June of 2005. If you are looking at skydiving as a one time thing, something to check off your life’s to do list then go right for a tandem. If you know you want to be a skydiver right now then go for a tandem or start student training. Either is great. I started skydiving by going for a tandem, thinking it was a one time thing and loved it so much that I have made it a major part of my life. In August of 2005 I started student training (good info about student training at uspa.org) and got my license. I’ve been jumping as much as I can and have a few hundred jumps. I have earned the USPA Coach Rating and plan to continue to jump for fun and help teach others how to fly and be safe in the air. There is nothing better than flying your body through the sky with your friends. The canopy is a lot of fun to fly too. It only gets better and better. Every weekend seems to be more fun than the one before. You will get into the sport for the rush, but you stay because of the people. I love this sport and I sincerely hope that you’ll become a full time skydiver and I’ll be able to make some jumps with you at a boogie!

Blue Skies! Black Death! And EFS!!!!

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Skydiving Deaths

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What are the odds of dying while skydiving?
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Answer 4

you have a better chance of dying in a car wreck on the way to the DZ than the jump itself.

most of the 30-40 death per year are from idoits doing high performance hook-turns too close to the ground. at about 200 feet or so they yank on a toggle too hard, trying to impress the crowd below with a sharp turn and steep decsent, but they misjude their turn and smack into the ground.

Today, the majority of skydiving related injuries happen under a fully opened and functioning parachute. The most common causes being poorly-executed, radical maneuvers near to the ground, such as hook turns, or landing flares performed either too high or too low.

just come in for a decent final they way you are taght to do and you will be fine.

Answer 5

It is very rare to die while skydiving, most deaths attributed to skydiving are caused by the landing, especialy if the parachute failed to open correctly.

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