Rob Kelly

American

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BFL177 BFL179

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WS BASE jumps

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Skydives

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WS skydives

Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL178
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Impact in terminal freefall
Date:: 15. 10. 2011
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Exit point:: France › Sixt-Fer-á-Cheval › Pointe de Sans Bet
Other incidents at this location: BFL179, BFL212, BFL308
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Personal

Name:: Rob Kelly
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: American
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Equipment & Setup

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Suit:: Unspecified › Unknown - Unspecified WS
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Circumstances

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Factors:: Proximity flying

Description

Rob was proximity flying on sloppy terrain and caught himself without an out. He made a mistake. He impacted with no deployment. Rob had over 900 base jumps in ten years experience. He was conservative as far as proximity flyin goes.