BFL118 | 13.9.2007

Marcelo Dutra

from Brazil

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Unknown

BASE SEASONS

Unknown

SKYDIVES

Unknown

WS SKYDIVES

30

BASE JUMPS

Unknown

WS BASE JUMPS
  • Date & Time: 13.9.2007
  • Location: Encantado, Porto Alegre, Brazil
  • Category: BASE Fatality
  • Object Type: Antenna
  • Cause Of Death: Malfunction, Misrigging
  • Clothing - Suit: SlickSlick by Everyday Clothing worn
  • Canopy: Unknown
  • Container: Unknown
  • Packing & Setup: Slider Down-Off Static Line Vertical
  • Weather: Winds light and variable
  • Possible Factors: Gear failure

What do we believe happened?

Marcelo was an outdoor enthusiast known as a climber, a rafting guide, a skydiver, and an well experienced paraglider pilot. He was new to BASE with around 30 jumps. Marcelo climbed a 180 foot antenna this evening. It was to be a static line jump and Marcelo chose to remove his pilot chute. He tied rope to the tower, and then his bridle to the rope using break-cord. The rope's knot to the tower came undone when he jumped and trailed behind him him even popping the pins of his container. Marcelo died from impact. Hindsight is 20/20: Always check your knots and think twice before removing a pilot chute even for a PCA or static-line.

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