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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL238
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 17. 08. 2014
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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France › Mt Granier › Mt Granier
Other incidents at this location: BFL501
- Exit type:
- Overhang
Personal
- Name:
- Eric Plassard
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- French
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Extracted Pilot Chute too late Not enough forward seperation on exit Clipped ledge after exiting
Description
The jumper in question
Had a Running exit off the Granier in slick, first impact was on the ledge which is 250-300m down.
He pitched but way too late and impacted just when the canopy left the container.
He died at the first impact. He Continued to fall and dive and impacted twice again before the canopy completely Opened but with a 180 and finished at the bottom of the cliff in amongst the scree on the talus.
More information sent in today...11/09/14
I was at the landing area and I saw the accident. I had jumped 30 min before and I was packing, good weather with perfect conditions in the face (450 m)
Jump from the running exit, projection or track too poor and he likely impacted deadly the ledge 250/300 m below while trying to open (canopy out of the rig) two more impacts and the canopy opened off heading and kept facing the wall down to the talus.
Weak track or projection (impact in the middle of the ledge) and too delayed PC extraction
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