Walter Hilscher

56-Year-Old German

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BFL314 BFL316

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BASE seasons

2400

BASE jumps

1500

WS BASE jumps

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Skydives

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WS skydives

Incident

Incident category:: BASE Fatality
ID:: BFL315
Object:: Earth
Cause of death:: Impact subterminal (near exit)
Date:: 18. 02. 2017
Time:: 16:30
Exit point:: Italy › Dolomites › Sass Pordoi
Other incidents at this location: BFL133, BFL214, BFL367, BFL519
Exit type:: Vertical

Personal

Name:: Walter Hilscher
Gender:: Male
Nationality:: German
Age:: 56
Experience:: —

Equipment & Setup

Canopy:: —
Canopy size:: —
Container:: —
Suit:: Squirrel › Aura 2
Packing:: Slider Up
Deployment:: BOC

Circumstances

Weather:: Sunny
Factors:: Unstable exit

Description

Walter was to jump last.
After exit he got very steep quite soon, flipped, tried to correct with some corkscrewish turn. Nothing out on impact. Wether the steep flight was caused by slipping or something else is unknown. Exit was free of snow.