The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 08, 1976, Page Page 8, Image 8
Death called 4accit
Jumper
By Billy Baker
USC freshman Wendy J.
Ramsey, who died April 3 in a
parachuting accident near Lugoff,
S.C., when she deployed her chute
at too low an altitude, had been
reprimanded twice this semester
by USC Sport Parachuting Club
officials for waiting too long to pull
her rip cord, according to Robert
Trimmier, club president.
During her 16th jump on Feb. 13,
Ramsey failed to pull her main
chute rip-cord at all, falling to 1,000
feet before an automatic safety
"sentinal device triggered her
reserve chute to open.
A ground observer noted the
violation of United States
Parachuting Association (USPA)
regulations, setting 2,500 feet as
the minimum opening altitude for
novice class jumpers, by firing a
red flare. Parachute Club
treasurer .lohn Grav later orallv
reprimanded her.
On March 14, Gray again
reprimanded Ramsey for waiting
to deploy her main chute until
approximately 1,500 feet. Gray
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said she was not wearing her
glasses at the time and was not
able to read her wrist
altimeter to determine her
altitude. It was her 37th jump.
Following both incidents club
officials said Ramsey was put on
special restrictions. She was
allowed to free fall from the jump
plane for only five seconds instead
of the normal 30 or more and the
altitudes for her jumps were increased
from a normal 3,200 feet to
between 3,400 and 3,600 feet, Chris
Elmore, a member of the
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Ramsey, said.
Gray said a reprimand is not
really a restriction or grounding.
He said it was "more of a warning."
Club officials said that after the
reprimands Ramsey showed
steady progress and had placed
first in "cheapo" accuracy at a
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two weeks before her accident.
William Neely, accident investigating
officer for the South
Carolina General Aviation Administration,
said nothing about
the accident indicated any
malfunctions in Ramsey's
equipment at the time of the accident.
He said in his report to the
Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) this week he nnted that
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been made aware of oral
reprimands she received concerning
the delayed pullings of her
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Joe Keshlear, an instructor who
was doing "relative work" with
Ramsey at the time of the accident,
said he was not aware of the
reprimands and restrictions
Ramsey had received.
According to Kershaw County
Sheriff Department officials, the
case is closed pending any new
developments. Deputy Sheriff
James Branhan said the department's
conclusion is that Ramsey
probably did not realize how far
she had fallen.
Trimmier said he and other
members of the club had ruled out
possible suicide as an explanation
of Ramsey's delayed pulling of her
rincord and resulting Hpath 4,In
my own opinion, having known
Wendy, I don't have any doubts
that it wasn't suicide," Trimmier
said. "After looking at what
happened I think anyone would
draw the same conclusion."
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today for Ramsey in Wallkill, N.Y.
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