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Skydives
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WS skydives
Incident
- Incident category:
- BASE Fatality
- ID:
- BFL95
- Object:
- Antenna
- Cause of death:
- Malfunction, Misrigging
- Date:
- 15. 03. 2006
- Time:
- —
- Exit point:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland › Swanscombe › Electricity Pylon Kent
- Exit type:
- Vertical
Personal
- Name:
- Paul Smith-Crallan
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- British
- Age:
- —
- Experience:
- —
Equipment & Setup
- Canopy:
- —
- Canopy size:
- —
- Container:
- —
- Suit:
- Everyday Clothing worn › Slick
- Packing:
- Slider Down-Off
- Deployment:
- BOC
Circumstances
- Weather:
- Sunny Winds light and variable
- Factors:
- Gear failure Pilot Chute Entanglement - PC in tow
Description
Paul, who was under the supervision of a mentor, is jumping this pylon for the first time. His mentor is known to teach his Students to use a packing aid when folding pilot chutes for stowed jumps.
Apparently Paul did not remove the packing aid, which was a pull up cord, prior to jumping and on deployment the pilot chute failed to extract the canopy in time for full inflation.
The lesson here is obvious for both mentors and students.
Nicknamed, BaseMonkey, Paul was well liked and very enthusiastic about the sport.
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