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Pilot Details

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Incident Details

January 1, 2006 Location of the incident: , Type of Incident:

I was flying with my friend in perfect, albeit chilly, late spring conditions. I recently traded my carabineers in with a new set of barrel type steel ones, the strongest ones you could buy. Due to their strength, I omitted my back up carabineers since I felt I didn’t need them and I was wearing gloves.

I killed the engine and held my breath. I landed and after thanking God, told my friend and wife that my risers didn’t look right. My hands shook for hours after the fact.

My mistakes were:

I didn’t visually look at the ‘biner. Just because I twisted the barrels tight and it “felt” that it was locked doesn’t mean it is. Wearing gloves only added to a desensitized feel of the beener being connected.

I removed the back up ‘biner system which not only would have added an extra measure of safety, but would have forced me to check the connections twice.

I’ve been flying for 5 years and never thought I could be so careless. This could have been bad.

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