Beagle, I fully agree with your post #479. The inadvertant (speculation) firing of the seat was an incident, caused by the apparent inabilty to fit the seat pan safety pin correctly. An incident that should have been prevented by whoever carried out the B/F on 4th November (No one mentioned in the SI?). To this incident the SI assigns 17 factors, but only 3 (or 4) to the real cause.
Cause of death; severe internal injuries caused by impact with the ground after falling 300 ft
Cause of accident; failure of chute to deploy
Cause of accident Sequence; inadvertent operation of firing handle.
DV
CORRECTION
B/F should read A/F
Last edited by Distant Voice; 10th Feb 2014 at 09:38.