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Old 06-01-2002, 03:39 PM  
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Here is the scenario:

Wind speed around 22-26 knots (even though regs were no drops above 12 knots).

Reservist flying the aircraft over flies the DZ but allows green light anyhow.

Most of the stick drops over trees.

I am coming in backwards (wind speed to high to turn).

I am looking around to see if I am going to land in a tree.

I saw that I wasn't going to hit a tree and I slammed in backwards into a high clump of bushes. Inside the bushes was a tree stump. Factured my back and was off duty and jump status for about eight weeks.
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