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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL55
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- Impact subterminal (near exit)
- Date:
- 20. 11. 2000
- Time:
- —
- Exit type:
- Underhung
Personal
- Name:
- Fred Nicolas Tussinggardel
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- French
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Not enough forward seperation on exit Unstable exit No or little training
Description
Reports describe Fred, from Nice, France, as having no previous BASE jumps, no training, no experienced jumper with him, etc. He purchased BASE gear, picked an under-hung location to launch from (not one of Verdon's regular launch points), pivoted off the launch, went on his back, and struck the cliff in freefall. This fatality caused BASE gear manufacturers to start better screening their customers prior to the sale of BASE equipment.
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