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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:
- BFL360
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- PC in tow or PC-Bridle entanglement
- Date:
- 19. 11. 2018
- Time:
- 12:00
- Exit point:
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Portugal › Lisboa › Nazare
Other incidents at this location: BFL207
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Dominik Loyen
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- German
- Age:
- 50
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- Asylum Designs › Perigee Pro
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- Hand Held
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Pilot Chute Entanglement - PC in tow
Description
After reviewing both videos we can clearly see that Dominiks pilot chute slips as he is throwing it and it falls directly behind his head/right shoulder region where it stays in the low air pressure or burble on top of his rig until impact.
He was using a 46" Toxic Pc.
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