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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL221
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 08. 10. 2013
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- China › Zhangjiajie › Black Dragon Wall
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Viktor Kovats
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Hungarian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Phoenix-Fly › Vampire 5
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Proximity flying Loss of speed-glide
Description
Victor was one of the extremely well liked and characters of the wing suit base community..He always had a smile and would always be heard laughing around the exit points ...
His Accident in the world wingsuit league has been shown across the world on full view and from this video we have seen that
He had a good exit and started moving fast he then somehow after the 1st turn, he has set up for the 2nd gate in which he had slipped sideways flat and went up on his wingtip turning right and then lost speed and height and disappeared into the trees.
He will be missed by many of the Competitors, family and friends...
After this accident there are many talks about how the events should be focussed more on pilot safety instead of having a extreme line to fly.. As well as having rescue paramedics on standby and helicopter evacs as well...
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