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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL42
- Object:
- Antenna
- Cause of death:
- Skydive Gear Used
- Date:
- 02. 12. 1997
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- United States of America › Arizona › Tucson
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Christopher Kennedy
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunset
- Factors:
- Gear failure Skydive gear used No or little training
Description
Christopher is dead when his feet leave the tower is what other jumpers said after this fatality. Using a skydiving rig not modified for BASE, and without any prior BASE training or experience, he climbed 364-feet up a 450-foot tower and jumped only to find his bungee controlled collapsible pilot chute didn't work well at slow airspeeds.
A passer-by found Kennedy's body near the tower the next morning. He had pulled his reserve handle at some point prior to impact.
Alcohol may have been a contributing factor in this fatality.
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