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Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL72
- Object:
- Earth
- Cause of death:
- PC in tow or PC-Bridle entanglement
- Date:
- 11. 10. 2002
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
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Switzerland › Engelberg › Cold steel
Other incidents at this location: BFL73
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Lukas Knutsson
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Swedish
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Unspecified › Unknown - Unspecified WS
- Packing:
- Slider Up
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Gear failure Pilot Chute Entanglement - PC in tow
Description
Lukas has a good launch and good flight with his wingsuit and pulled high over the landing area. This is the third BASE wing suit fatality. Despite a powerful pull the pilot chute ended up in the turbulence behind him. In the burble the pilot chute spun around very fast. Lukas notices the deployment is hesitating and collapsed his wings and rolled to one side to clear the pilot chute. At this point the pilot chute achieved bridle stretch but the bridle had entangled with the pilot chute so badly the pilot chute is almost totally collapsed. Lukas did rollover to the other side and struggled hard to get the canopy out of the container. However, the container remained closed to impact. Lukas is a very experienced long time BASE jumper (this site is now called Cold Steel in his honor) and he will be missed by the entire BASE community.
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