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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL456
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 17. 06. 2023
- Time:
- 11:30
- Exit point:
-
France › Isre › Obiou
Other incidents at this location: BFL186
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Thomas Ravasseau
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- French
- Age:
- 32
- Experience:
- Intermediate
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- Atair Aerodynamics › OSP
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- Adrenalin BASE › Hybrid
- Suit:
- Phoenix-Fly › Meru
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Proximity flying Altitude awareness
Description
We went for a two way, the plan was Thomas to lead and I will follow either behind or on the side.
The line was to go right around everything, follow the ridge and go for the landing in the forest road.
Exit was good and at 6 s Thomas goes for an aggressive right turn and then impact at 7-8 s on the end of a pillar.
After many discussions on the video , we think that it is a bad trajectory analyse.
What seems to happens is :
As he is high, he took a quick look on the right and thought ok I can turn now as I am high enough.
And then he probably didn't look anymore to this close point, and look very far to the direction we are going.
The turn was bit too aggressive and made him lose more altitude than what he predicted.
The moment he touches the rock, there is no sign of any change like mini flare or something, he is still in his turn, as if he doesn't even see what is below him (probably as he was looking far on the line.
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