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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL1
- Object:
- Antenna
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 11. 04. 1981
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- United States of America › Suffolk, Virginia › 1000ft Antenna
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- William Harmon
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Round Reserve No Main
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Strong winds Medium winds
- Factors:
- Strong winds Crosswinds on exit
Description
William is doing a 5-second delay from a 1000-foot antenna tower. He is wearing a harness with only a round reserve canopy and an empty main container. After a good opening strong winds blew him into one of the tower's guy wires whereupon the canopy collapsed at 300-feet. The canopy did not re-inflate prior to impact. This is the first fatality in the modern age of BASE jumping.