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BFL136 · 10.8.2009

Mike Warren

South African

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Incident

Incident category:
BASE Fatality
ID:
BFL136
Object:
Earth
Cause of death:
Impact in terminal freefall
Date:
10. 08. 2009
Time:
Exit point:
Norway › Romsdalen › Bispen
Exit type:
Vertical

Personal

Name:
Mike Warren
Gender:
Male
Nationality:
South African
Age:
Experience:

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:
Canopy size:
Container:
Suit:
Unspecified › Unknown - Unspecified WS
Packing:
Slider Up
Deployment:
BOC

Circumstances

Weather:
Sunny Winds light and variable Low level clouds
Factors:
Proximity flying Emergency low pull Loss of speed-glide

Description

This happened at the Bispen jump in Romsdal, which has become a popular place for spectators to watch wingsuit pilots buzz by. Bispen is Not a beginner or intermediate jump. Only very experienced wingsuit pilots should attempt this jump. Mike had approximately 8 wingsuit BASE jumps. He was jumping with a wingsuit with two others also wearing wingsuits and all three went off one after the other with Mike going first. It was foggy at the exit point and the fog cleared before the road. One of the other jumpers was flying over the road very high and looked down and saw Mike flying past the road switchback and Mike was far below him and it looked like Mike was close to the rock feature that the switchback is built upon. Mike also looked to be flying slow. Then Mike went out of view. There were no spectators on the road and no one saw Mike's impact. From the way Mike?s body and gear was damaged it appeared as though he had done an emergency pull while still over the rock, impacting on his backside at linestretch. (on a wingsuit BASE jump, initial linestretch will usually put you on your back).

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