What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: student freefall jumper rolled over on opening, entangling main canopy. Student pulled reserve, but reserve entangled in main and could not open. Remaining main canopy open (less than half) had enough lift to have nearly normal descent rate but was spinning rapidly. Impact broke jumper's pelvis and cracked some ribs. Low rate of descent due to new type, zero porosity, top fabric, of canopy, is credited with preventing more serious injury.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: STUDENT FREEFALL JUMPER ROLLED OVER ON OPENING, ENTANGLING MAIN CANOPY. STUDENT PULLED RESERVE, BUT RESERVE ENTANGLED IN MAIN AND COULD NOT OPEN. REMAINING MAIN CANOPY OPEN (LESS THAN HALF) HAD ENOUGH LIFT TO HAVE NEARLY NORMAL DESCENT RATE BUT WAS SPINNING RAPIDLY. IMPACT BROKE JUMPER'S PELVIS AND CRACKED SOME RIBS. LOW RATE OF DESCENT DUE TO NEW TYPE, ZERO POROSITY, TOP FABRIC, OF CANOPY, IS CREDITED WITH PREVENTING MORE SERIOUS INJURY.
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