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BASE seasons
40
BASE jumps
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WS BASE jumps
50
Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL404
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Object strike under canopy
- Date:
- 22. 05. 2021
- Time:
- 12:00
- Exit point:
- Brazil › Rio de Janiero › Garganta do Céu
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Eduardo Giovani Carvalho Da Silva aka "Sorriso"
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Brazilian
- Age:
- 36
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Strong winds
- Factors:
- Strong winds
Description
Description:
Two Jumpers hiked Pedra da Gávea to the top but it was a strong southwest wind at the exit point that’s facing northeast.
They waited about one and a half hour at the top and decided to go for another exit point on the same mountain but a bit below and facing south named Garganta do Céu.
To the left of the exit point there is another mountain that makes a wind shadow from the southwest wind making them think that it was good conditions for jumping because at the exit point there was no wind - Also called Lee side wind of mountain.
They decided to jump and it was a good opening on heading and they flew well until they leave the wind shadow and then they received the turbulence from a very strong wind (about 50km/h)
Eduardo was dragged by the wind and crashed on the balcony of an apartment and received a rotor wind being downwind of a Hotel that dropped him onto the roof of a moving car on the highway. He died a few minutes later on the spot.
The other one landed between the roads and escaped injury or death.
This fatality was highly avoidable by knowing the weather system for the day and not jump in high winds even if you have only a few days to be in that area. Both jumpers had contacted experienced jumpers but they all declined as they believed the weather conditions were not suitable.
Information from a local
"There's a lot of information from non-jumpers in the news regarding this accident but one thing that stands out is the fact that the ramp is used to launch paragliders and hang gliders and was closed that day due to strong winds, that ramp was very close to the Gavea exit point. It would be nice if people showing up there to jump knew that they can contact the local paragliding community and get weather feedback from them and maybe avoid future accidents like this.
https://ricmais.com.br/noticias/catarinense-morre-ao-saltar-de-base-jump-video/
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