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MAIN CHUTE: MANUFACTURE- PERFORMANCE DESIGN, INC, MODEL: PD STUDENT 220, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: UNK. HARNESS AND CONTAINER: MANUFACTURE- UNITED PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC: MODEL V-358-SE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 11-2020, RESERVE CHUTE: MANUFACTURE- PRECISION RAVEN 218-M(A), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 03-1999. AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD): MANUFACTURE- AIRTEC, MODEL: CYPRES 2, SN: A1267, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 02-2015. ON JULY 12, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:13, 16 SKYDIVERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE 9TH SCHEDULED JUMP OF THE DAY, WHICH WAS THE VICTIM’S SECOND JUMP. AT APPROXIMATELY 15:20, MOST OF THE SKYDIVERS LANDED IN AN ORIENTATION KNOWN AS “HANGAR BACK,” MEANING THEY LANDED WITH THE PARACHUTE CLUB HANGAR BEHIND THEM. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS, GROUND-LEVEL WINDS IN THE LANDING AREA WERE REPORTED VARIOUSLY AS “LIGHT AND VARIABLE,” “GUSTY,” “TURBULENT,” AND POTENTIALLY INVOLVING A “DUST DEVIL.” WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE VICTIM APPEARED TO BE LANDING LONG, FLYING IN A SLOW LEFT-HAND TURN AND HEADING FOR THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES STATED THAT WHEN THE VICTIM WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE PARACHUTE MOMENTARILY APPEARED TO “COLLAPSE,” “CRUMPLE,” “FOLD,” OR “STALL.” WHEN THE CANOPY REINFLATED, IT PITCHED STRAIGHT DOWN, SWINGING THE VICTIM PARALLEL TO THE GROUND BEFORE THEY FLEW DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND, IMPACTING THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM ITS EDGE. A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT, CAPTURED BY ANOTHER SKYDIVER WHO HAD JUST LANDED, BEGINS RIGHT AFTER THE VICTIM PASSES APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE CAMERA OPERATOR. THE EIGHT-SECOND VIDEO INITIALLY SHOWS THE VICTIM IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A NORMAL LANDING APPROACH. BETWEEN SECONDS ONE AND TWO, THE VICTIM SLIGHTLY PULLS DOWN ON THE LEFT-HAND TOGGLE (BRAKE) LINE, INITIATING A SLIGHT LEFT TURN. BETWEEN SECONDS THREE AND FOUR, THE VICTIM RAPIDLY PULLS DOWN ON THE RIGHT-HAND TOGGLE (BRAKE) LINE, CAUSING THE PARACHUTE TO MOMENTARILY, PARTIALLY DEFLATE, LOSE FORWARD MOMENTUM, AND ROTATE FURTHER TO THE LEFT. BETWEEN SECONDS FOUR AND FIVE, THE PARACHUTE FULLY INFLATES AND DIVES NOSE-DOWN TOWARD THE GROUND, INITIATING A LEFT-HAND SPIRAL THAT SWINGS THE VICTIM PARALLEL TO THE GROUND AND ABOVE THE CANOPY BEFORE THE VICTIM IMPACTS THE GROUND AT THE SIX-SECOND MARK. ADDITIONALLY, TWO OTHER SEPARATE VIDEOS WERE RECORDED AT THE SAME TIME IN THE LANDING AREA, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT CAPTURE THE VICTIM. THESE VIDEOS DEMONSTRATE VERY GUSTY WINDS, TO THE POINT THAT THREE DIFFERENT PARACHUTISTS HAD A VERY HARD TIME CONTROLLING THEIR CANOPIES AFTER LANDING. IN ONE INSTANCE, A SKYDIVER WAS KNOCKED OFF THEIR FEET AND DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND BECAUSE THE WIND CAUGHT AND REINFLATED THEIR CANOPY.