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BASE seasons
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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:
- BFL309
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 24. 09. 2016
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- Colombia › Cocora valley › Frailejones valley
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Felipa Acosta
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Colombian
- Age:
- 32
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Medium winds
- Factors:
- 180 Offheading
Description
The jumper in this fatality had previously jumped this exit 2 times before , on this jump he opened with an off heading and a line twist which put him directly impacting the wall and had died due to his injuries.
Gallery
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