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BASE jumps
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL249
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Low pull
- Date:
- 08. 12. 2014
- 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, BFL194, BFL236, BFL237, BFL255, BFL316, BFL337, BFL348, BFL359, BFL374, BFL388, BFL476, BFL487
- Exit type:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Leonardo Piatti
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Italian
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Phoenix-Fly › Original Tracking suit two piece
- Packing:
- —
- Deployment:
- —
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Extracted Pilot Chute too late Proximity flying
Description
Tracking left line to helicopter field, a line which he had done before.
He realized he was low and turned slightly right to pass the sloping ridge with more height but he was still too close to the terrain, he pitched but there was not sufficient altitude for deployment.
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