CASA 212 ON CIVILIAN PARACHUTE JUMP OP. JUMPMASTER FAILED TO ORDER PARACHUTIST TO JUMP OVER RELEASE POINT. ONE TANDEM PAIR ENDED LNDG 8 PT 5 MI FROM TARGET ON CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE SHUTTLE LNDG STRIP. ARRESTED BY BASE SECURITY.

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I WAS ASSIGNED CIVILIAN PARACHUTE OPS AT X21 USING A CASA 212 ACFT. THIS ACFT HAS A LARGE REAR RAMP-TAILGATE FROM WHICH THE PARACHUTE JUMPERS EXIT. THE RAMP AFFORDS THE JUMPMASTER AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF ACFT GND TRACK; GND RELEASE POINT; AND ANY AIR TFC CONFLICTS BELOW. THE JUMPMASTER (ALSO DROP ZONE MGR) WANTED A 150 DEG MAGNETIC TRACK TO DROP JUMPERS. ACFT HDG TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TRACK WAS 160 DEGS UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO RELEASE POINT; AT WHICH TIME A TURN OF 030 DEGS R WAS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT 150 DEG GND TRACK. FORECAST WINDS WERE 3000 FT 210 DEGS 18 KTS; 6000 FT 230 DEGS 18 KTS; 9000 FT 240 DEGS 22 KTS; AND 12000 FT 250 DEGS 30 KTS. THE JUMPMASTER RELEASED JUMPERS LATE; PAST THE RELEASE POINT. AS A RESULT; ALL INDIVIDUAL JUMPERS LANDED SAFELY ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF SM ESE OF X21 IN TITUSVILLE; FL. THE LAST TO EXIT THE ACFT WAS A TANDEM TEAM. THEY DRIFTED ESE ALSO; BUT WHEN OVER THE INDIAN RIVER E OF TITUSVILLE; THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMER LNDG APPROX 8 ONE HALF SM ESE OF X21 ON THE S END OF THE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE SHUTTLE LNDG FACILITY. THEY WERE PROMPTLY ARRESTED BY BASE SECURITY. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: 1) JUMPMASTERS WILL PROMPTLY EXIT JUMPERS AT RELEASE POINT. 2) REQUIRE ACFT GAR AS NECESSARY.