William Heidebrecht

Canadian

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Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL157
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Low pull
Date:: 14. 09. 2010
Time:: —
Exit point:: Switzerland › Lauterbrunnen › High Nose
Other incidents at this location: BFL125, BFL137, BFL177, BFL183, BFL283, BFL465
Exit type:: Vertical

Personal

Name:: William Heidebrecht
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: Canadian
Age:: —
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Phoenix-Fly › Phantom Edge
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Sunny Winds light and variable
Factors:: Unable to locate pilot chute Extracted Pilot Chute too late

Description

William, a Canadian firefighter and experienced BASE jumper, went to the valley and made a jump from the high nose with his Vampire 3.
He opened with multiple line twists and ripped his zipper clean off getting free in a hurry but landed safely. With his V3 unusable he went to his Phantom 1.
His flight was fine but at pull time muscle memory had him reaching for a leg pouch as he always did when flying his V3.

After 2-3 feels he then remembered its a BOC when using the Phantom and finally pitches. As the lines came out he impacted the ground killing him instantly.