Rick Stanley

Canadian

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Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL12
Object:: Span
Cause of death:: Drowning
Date:: 13. 10. 1986
Time:: —
Exit point:: United States of America › West Virginia › New River Gorge
Other incidents at this location: BFL6, BFL16, BFL104
Exit type:: Vertical

Personal

Name:: Rick Stanley
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: Canadian
Age:: —
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Winds light and variable
Factors:: Skydive gear used 180 Offheading Moving water

Description

This is the second New River Gorge Bridge fatality, however, this did not occur during a Bridge Day. Rick is jumping skydiving gear, sail slider up, with a BASE pilot chute. He is low man on a two way and had a slow opening and a 180. After a very short canopy ride he landed in the rapids (the Zipper) directly below the bridge and is drowned.

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