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BASE seasons
90
BASE jumps
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WS BASE jumps
352
Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL371
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 27. 07. 2019
- Time:
- 13:20
- Exit point:
- Portugal › Madeira › Penha d'aguia
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Zeke Wilson
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- 35
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- Asylum Designs › Seven
- Canopy size:
- 280
- Container:
- Asylum Designs › Perigee Pro
- Suit:
- Squirrel › Sumo 2
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Strong winds
- Factors:
- Strong winds Unstable exit 180 Offheading
Description
Description: The jumper in this fatality had made it known the winds seemed a little strong, he had 5 skydives with tracking suit.
Previous jumpers had made it known that after 4 seconds you are very close to the cliff on opening
Jumper was found with massive Skull damage and canopy was out.
Possible unstable exit to impact
Taken too long of a delay and impacted in terminal freefall
Taken a long delay and opened close to the wall with an off heading.
Information is that this jump is normally jumped early in the morning due to stronger coastal winds, this jump was performed during the warmer parts of the day.
The exit in question can be seen in the link below at 1:11 min mark.
https://24.sapo.pt/atualidade/artigos/praticante-de-base-jumping-morre-no-porto-da-cruz-a-leste-da-madeira?fbclid=IwAR3BYuTw_PqRvMx80OzrNGtRFydoZ-c91MXMBq26vH6ry3iMzTHLc9Q9-uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0AwSBwxgVM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR26-TRmpuFV3OViALTi-n9jEOGrQgEUGAE61DlNv7vE_Gvv4ovsQmuFFhg
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