What happened
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(-23) privacy data omitted made an intentional 14 CFR part 105.45 tandem parachute jump under the direction of skydive san francisco, a Cloverdale CA based skydiving school and operator. privacy data omitted Was acting as a skydiving tandem instructor with a student/passenger. Following privacy data omitted aircraft exit he experienced a main parachute malfunction that consisted of tension knots in the main canopy suspension lines. The tension knots prevented the main canopy ram air cells from inflating on the right side of the main parachute. The instructor initiated emergency procedures by releasing the malfunctioning main canopy at 3,500 feet AGL and then deployed the reserve canopy. The reserve deployment was uneventful. The tandem instructor and passenger experienced a hard landing that resulted in the tandem instructor breaking his left leg. The instructor commented that his injury resulted when he experienced difficulty manipulating the reserve steering control lines during the landing flare as well as failing to properly position his left leg during landing. The passenger landed unharmed. Parachute system: united parachute technologies (upt) vector ii rig with a performance design reserve.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN INTENTIONAL 14 CFR PART 105.45 TANDEM PARACHUTE JUMP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SKYDIVE SAN FRANCISCO, A CLOVERDALE CA BASED SKYDIVING SCHOOL AND OPERATOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS A SKYDIVING TANDEM INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT/PASSENGER. FOLLOWING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT EXIT HE EXPERIENCED A MAIN PARACHUTE MALFUNCTION THAT CONSISTED OF TENSION KNOTS IN THE MAIN CANOPY SUSPENSION LINES. THE TENSION KNOTS PREVENTED THE MAIN CANOPY RAM AIR CELLS FROM INFLATING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAIN PARACHUTE. THE INSTRUCTOR INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BY RELEASING THE MALFUNCTIONING MAIN CANOPY AT 3,500 FEET AGL AND THEN DEPLOYED THE RESERVE CANOPY. THE RESERVE DEPLOYMENT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR AND PASSENGER EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING THAT RESULTED IN THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR BREAKING HIS LEFT LEG. THE INSTRUCTOR COMMENTED THAT HIS INJURY RESULTED WHEN HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY MANIPULATING THE RESERVE STEERING CONTROL LINES DURING THE LANDING FLARE AS WELL AS FAILING TO PROPERLY POSITION HIS LEFT LEG DURING LANDING. THE PASSENGER LANDED UNHARMED. PARACHUTE SYSTEM: UNITED PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGIES (UPT) VECTOR II RIG WITH A PERFORMANCE DESIGN RESERVE.
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