Skydiver hit plane in fatal accident (The Press-Enterprise)
A day after a 40-year-old skydiver was killed near Lake Elsinore, the jumper who followed him out the door says the man struck the airplane, apparently because he inflated his wingsuit too soon. "His opening the wings early, combined with the high speed of the airplane, caused him to rise up and hit the tail," said Dennis Sattler, a Perris resident and veteran of 5,200 jumps.
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