# SDR 97ZZZX2644

- Type: Service difficulty report (as reported; unverified)
- Difficulty date: April 26, 1997
- Submitted: March 26, 2000
- Operation: General aviation
- System (JASC): [2563 · Parachute](https://openairdocs.org/jasc/2563)
- Part: Parachute
- Part number: 400
- Condition: Malfunction
- Location: Steering Lines
- Component: Relative, 3253
- Stage of operation: NR
- Nature of condition: O
- Precautionary procedure: O
- FAA source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System (https://sdrs.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2644

## Discrepancy

RESERVE PARACHUTE ACTIVATED DUE TO MAIN CHUTE MALFUNCTION FOLLOWING DROGUE RELEASE.  THE SLIDE HUNG UP THREE-FOURTHS OF THE WAY BY TENSION KNOTS ON BOTH STEERING LINES.  RESERVE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EXECUTED NORMALLY.

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