TECHNICAL & SAFETY COMMITTEE
The 2007 Safety Report from the International Parachuting Commission (IPC) presents crucial data on skydiving accidents, revealing that 41 countries provided insights on 6,222,629 jumps made by 837,831 jumpers, resulting in 68 fatalities. This report highlights key areas of concern including landing errors, fast canopies, and human error, contributing to 81% of fatalities. Notably, the report details demographics of fatalities and trends such as the impact of Automatic Activation Devices (AADs) and medical issues among older skydivers. A call to action encourages greater participation in future safety data collection.
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TECHNICAL & SAFETY COMMITTEE International Parachuting Commission FAI
2007 Safety Report 41 countries supplied data 6,222,629 skydives were made by 837,831 jumpers 68 people were killed skydiving (these figures include Tandems) 1 Fatality per 91,509 jumps 12,321 jumpers
68 Fatalities • 16 Students (24%) 0-25 Freefalls • 16 Intermed. (24%) 26-250 Freefalls • 36 Experts (53%) 251 + Freefalls Total 68 • Cutaway & Low/No reserve pull 11 • No pull/low pull on main 5 • Others 52 Total 68
‘Other’ Fatalities (52) • Landing Errors 15 • Fast Canopies 11 • Medical Issues 6 • Collision under open Canopies 5 • Main/Reserve Entanglement 3 • Tandem Fatalities 2 • Freefall Collision 2 • Main Malfunction, no Reserve Activation 2 • No Main Activation, too low Reserve Activation 1 • Drowning 1 • Dragged on Landing 1 • Hard Opening 1 • Reserve opened at Aircraft Door 1 • Unknown 1 Total 52
Fatalities – Largest Groups • 1 22% (15 of 68) Other Landing Errors • 2 16% (11) Fast Canopies • 3 10% (7) Cutaway and no Reserve Deployment
Some Significant Figures • 32 of the 68 fatalities (47%) occurred with the parachutist having at least one good parachute on his/her back • 34 of the 68 fatalities (50%) occurred after the successful deployment of the main parachute • 16 of the 68 fatalities (24%) might have been avoided by AAD use • 55 of the 68 fatalities (81%) appear to have been caused by human error 5 of the 68 Fatalities were First Jump Students 2 of the 68 Fatalities were Tandem, Instructor & Student
Some Trends & Issues • High numbers of fatalities resulting from landing and handling canopies – a continuing issue. • Fatalities from Medical Issues, 6 – 12%, appears to be a more apparent factor in recent years. This may point to an ageing skydiving population or other factors may be involved. • 16 - 24% of fatalities in 2007 may have been avoided by the use of AAD
Tandem - Solo • Tandems 9.6% of all jumps, Tandem & Solo jumps 12.2% in 2006; 10.4% in 2005 5,624,395 Solo jumps – 598,234 Tandems • Tandems ratio to other types of First Jump To Static Line and IAD/JAD 10 : 1 To AFF 12 : 1 To S/L, IAD/JAD, AFF combined 5.5 : 1 Tandem Fatalities 2 (3%) Solo Fatalities 66 (97%)
Distribution of Reports DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS This report, along with 2007 AAD Report, and Power Point presentations for both reports, has been sent by e-mail to all respondents and to all other countries for which we have e-mail addresses. CDs are available to IPC Delegates and to those who request copies. The CD has the following - 2007 Safety Survey Report 2007 Safety Survey Report Power Point Presentation 2007 AAD Report 2007 AAD Report Power Point Presentation Information Notices (8) issued in 2008 by T & S Committee Safety Survey 2008 Form Safety Survey 2008 Notes AAD Survey 2008 Form APPEAL Those countries who did not report for 2007 are earnestly requested to make a special effort to do so for 2008. The compilation of data is to the benefit of the country gathering same, not only to IPC and the worldwide skydiving community.
