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BASE seasons
100
BASE jumps
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WS BASE jumps
1700
Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL292
- Object:
- Other
- Cause of death:
- Malfunction, Misrigging
- Date:
- 19. 07. 2016
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- Netherlands › Afferden › Gelderland
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Tessa Heyl
- Gender:
- Female
- Nationality:
- Dutch
- Age:
- 28
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- Atair Aerodynamics › OSP
- Canopy size:
- 225
- Container:
- Morpheus Technologies › Gargoyle
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- Hand Held
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Incorrect rigging setup
Description
That day, Tessa had worked a night shift as an air traffic controller (stressful job), slept for only a few hours, then did nine tandems, and one fun jump.
After that, she went to inspect her gear, to prepare for the jump.
Tessa had two rigs packed prior to this jump. She opened both rigs to inspect them before jumping, and inspected them in a lit area.
This was a Slider down jump, hand held with 46" pilot chute.
On opening the pins opened the rig but the bridle separated from the canopy.
Very likely a rigging error, the cause of how and by whom being unknown. But all information points toward extreme fatigue played a large role in this rigging mistake
She was an active tandem and AFF jump-master at Teuge dropzone.
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