11
BASE seasons
550
BASE jumps
550
WS BASE jumps
1100
Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL502
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact in terminal freefall
- Date:
- 05. 12. 2024
- Time:
- 13:30
- Exit point:
- Canada › British Columbia › Canada Day
- Exit type:
- Short Start
Personal
- Name:
- Katelyn Compton Escott
- Gender:
- Female
- Nationality:
- Canadian
- Age:
- 34
- Experience:
- Intermediate
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- Squirrel › Ibex
- Canopy size:
- 220
- Container:
- Squirrel › Cirrus
- Suit:
- Squirrel › Aura 5 ultra light
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- PCA
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Extracted Pilot Chute too late Proximity flying Altitude awareness
Description
We had a chill morning and met 3 other jumpers at the parking lot at 11.00am. We started hiking around 11.15am or so. Chill hike talked about nothing in particular on the walk. Once we got to our exit we assessed the conditions and decided it was nice to jump.
Compton told me more about the jump even though we had talked about the jump quite a bit and walked away from it the day before because it was too windy. We geared up and talked about some flying techniques and different suit shapes.
We called to the other 3 jumpers that were jumping a different exit close by that we were ready. They flew past us, I jumped first and Compton was about 5 seconds behind me. I landed and turned around to only see 3 other canopies in the air and knew things were not good.
The others under canopy watching us fly saw what happened and we ran up the mountain to find her, with 1 staying behind to meet SAR. We got to a climbing section that Spencer was comfortable climbing so the 2 of us waited. He found her at rest quickly and waited with her for SAR to get her down.
As she was entering her line she clipped a tree and sent her into a hard downward spiral into the trees. It was quick and probably painless.
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