Killer Instinct Fatal X 2087

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20251007-92239-2147327252. Severity: No Incident, No Injury. Product: Killer Instinct Fatal X 2087 (Crossbow). Incident: I have a crossbow - Killer Instinct Fatal X Model #2087 - that I was using for hunting deer. While it was cocked and loaded, one of the limbs broke. The user of the crossbow was an experienced male deerhunter. The product was being used as intended. As it was under tension when it broke, it could of potential caused series injury at the time it broke, and as it was cocked when it was broken there was additional stress on the unbroken limb. We had to think through how to release the tension of the cocked and loaded crossbow so as not to cause personal injury. I covered the loaded and cocked bow in several thick blankets and tied an approximate 30 foot string to the trigger with the bow pointed at an archery target and pulled the string to fire the crossbow and release the tension. Thankfully there were no injuries.