Numerous injuries and fatalities in sport skydiving occur under a fully functional main parachute because the skydiver made an error in judgment while flying the canopy , resulting in high-speed impact with the ground or with a hazard on the ground that might otherwise have been avoided , or collision with another skydiver under canopy .
Most injuries and fatalities in sport skydiving occur under a fully functional main parachute because the skydiver made an error in judgment while flying the canopy -- resulting in high-speed impact with the ground , impact with a hazard on the ground that might otherwise have been avoided , or collision with another skydiver under canopy .