TECHNICAL & SAFETY COMMITTEE International Parachuting Commission FAI
2010 Safety Report 40 countries supplied data 6,420,087 skydives were made by 1,164,200 jumpers 66 people were killed skydiving
(these figures include Tandems) 1 Fatality per 97,274 17,639
jumps jumpers
66 Fatalities 10 Students (15%) 9 Intermed. (14%) Freefalls 47 Experts (71%)
Total 66
0-25 Freefalls 26-250 251 + Freefalls
Cutaway & Low/No reserve pull No pull/low pull on main Others 51
Total 66
6 9
‘ Other’ Fatalities (51)
Landing Errors 15 Fast Canopies - Intentional Fast Landings 13 Collisions/Entangements after opening 11 Main/Reserve Entanglements 5 Freefall Collisions 4 Medical Issues 2 Main malfunction/no cutaway, Spiralled to ground 1
Total 51
Fatalities – Largest Groups 1 Landing Errors of 66
15 - 23%
2 Fast Canopies/Intent. Fast Landings of 66
13 - 20%
3 Canopy Collisions/Entanglements 17% of 66
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These 39 of the 66 fatalities - (59%) were canopy handling issues
Significant Figures •
44 of the 66 fatalities (67%) appear to have occurred with the parachutist having at least one good parachute on his/her back
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39 of the 66 fatalities (59%) occurred after the successful deployment of the main parachute
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10 of the 66 fatalities (16%) might have been avoided by AAD use
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59 of the 66 fatalities (89%) appear to have been caused by human error
4 (6%) of the 66 Fatalities were First Jump Students There were no were Tandem fatalities in 2010
Some Trends & Issues Continuing high numbers of fatalities, 39 – 59%, resulting from canopy handling, canopy control, and landing issues. Over a ten-year period there has been an irregular decrease in the percentages of fatalities among Student and Intermediate jumpers and an irregular increase in the percentage of fatalities with Expert jumpers. Increased use of AAD and RSL reported
Tandem - Solo Tandems 15.1% of all jumps, Tandem + Solo jumps 2009 – 13.5%; 2008 - 12.1%; 2007 - 9.6%; 2006 – 12.2%; 2005 – 10.4%
5,452,158 Solo jumps – 967,929 Tandems
Tandems ratio to other types of First Jump To Static Line and IAD/JAD 26: 1 To AFF 16 : 1 To S/L, IAD/JAD, AFF combined 10 : 1 All 2010 fatalities were Solo jumpers
Distribution of Reports DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS This report, along with 2010 AAD Report, and Power Point presentations for both Safety and AAD reports, has been sent by e-mail to all respondents and to all other countries for which the T&S Committee has e-mail addresses. CDs are available to IPC Delegates and to Technical and Safety Officers who request copies. The CD has the following material 2010 Safety Survey Report 2010 AAD Report Safety Survey 2011 Form
2010 Safety Survey Report Power Point Presentation 2010 AAD Report Power Point Presentation Safety Survey 2011 Notes AAD Survey 2011 Form
Information Notices (7) issued in 2011 by T & S Committee of IPC Learning from the Mistakes of Others, Others, Skydive Arizona Accident review 1991 – 2011 by Bryan Burke, S&TA APPEAL Those countries who did not report for 2010 are requested to make a special effort to do so for 2011. The compilation of data is to the benefit of the country gathering same, and to the worldwide skydiving community.