Man dies in fall when wind causes parachute to fail

Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012 | 4:48 p.m.

A man was killed in a fall Saturday after his parachute folded because of a change in wind pressure. The man was identified as 51-year-old Richard Frazer, said Mike Murphy of the Clark County coroner’s office. Frazer had jumped from 10,000 feet at Jean Airport and was in the final stages of his descent when he was caught in a dust devil. Murphy said Frazer died from blunt force trauma but did not know how high off the ground Frazer was when the parachute failed. “It does not appear to be an equipment failure,” Murphy said. “This atmospheric event changed ...

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By tigermike

Dec. 16, 2012

5:01 p.m.

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Terrible freak accident. Best wishes to his friends and family.
By horselover123 (Bruce Lee)

Dec. 17, 2012

1:01 p.m.

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He died as he lived- jumping out of a perfectly good plane
By casinokid

Dec. 17, 2012

4:47 p.m.

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I will express my sorrows to him and his family.
I think they could have gotten that timeline a little closer thought.
By mred

Dec. 17, 2012

10:36 p.m.

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never heard about what you do in a dust devil, does the uspa have a procedure?