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BASE jumps
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WS BASE jumps
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Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL194
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 10. 09. 2012
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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Italy › Arco › Brento (ITW)
Other incidents at this location: BFL51, BFL54, BFL58, BFL59, BFL75, BFL88, BFL107, BFL152, BFL164, BFL166, BFL236, BFL237, BFL249, BFL255, BFL316, BFL337, BFL348, BFL359, BFL374, BFL388, BFL476, BFL487
- Exit type:
- Overhang
Personal
- Name:
- George Allan Staite
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- New Zealander
- 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
- Factors:
- Proximity flying Loss of speed-glide
Description
George had been Living in the area of brento for a few months and was increasing his flying skills on every jump..
On his last jump he was trying to fly over the smaller talus on the left of this exit point just above the lower landing area also commonly used by trackers....
George was flying the wall close and was slowly closing his window of safety fast..
He impacted the talus just above the quarry..
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