BFL137 | 7.9.2009

Stefan Drenchev - Tsafa

from Bulgaria

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SKYDIVES

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WS SKYDIVES

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BASE JUMPS

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WS BASE JUMPS
  • Date & Time: 7.9.2009
  • Location: High Nose, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
  • Category: BASE Fatality
  • Object Type: Earth
  • Cause Of Death: Object strike under canopy
  • Clothing - Suit: Original Tracking suit two pieceTracking Suit by Phoenix-Fly
  • Canopy: Unknown
  • Container: Unknown
  • Packing & Setup: Slider Up BOC Vertical
  • Weather: Sunny, Winds light and variable
  • Possible Factors: 180 Offheading, Loss of speed-glide, Not enough forward seperation on exit

What do we believe happened?

On the 9th, a group of seven went to jump from the High Nose. Stephan was the 5th to jump. His exit was perfect, but the track he performed did not separate him much from the wall. He pulled very stable but rather low and had a 180 on opening. He eventually cleared the turn but was too low and impacted on the talus. He then kept on falling and impacting, but nobody could see it clearly because he disappeared behind the trees. The canopy was fully inflated when he first impacted and the strike did not seem so hard because he was already very close to the talus, so no one thought that he would die because of the injuries. Air Glacier Helicopter Rescue was called whom arrived promptly and airlifted him to Bern. The high nose is known to be a more technical jump requiring BASE-specific tracking skill to separate yourself from the object.

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