BFL336 | 8.3.2018

Nikolay Kovalev

from Russian Federation23 years

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1

BASE SEASONS

Unknown

SKYDIVES

Unknown

WS SKYDIVES

50

BASE JUMPS

Unknown

WS BASE JUMPS
  • Date & Time: 8.3.2018
  • Location: Avsunino, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • Category: BASE Fatality
  • Object Type: Antenna
  • Cause Of Death: Low pull
  • Clothing - Suit: SlickSlick by Everyday Clothing worn
  • Canopy: 254 FLiK7 Cell - Vented by Apex BASE
  • Container: Apex DP2 Pin by Apex BASE
  • Packing & Setup: Slider Up BOC Vertical
  • Weather: Sunny
  • Possible Factors: Aerials, Extracted Pilot Chute too late

What do we believe happened?

Nikolay started BASE last summer, he made about 50 slider-down jumps. He performed poor gainers, some of them were rather unstable and uncontrolled. He made 2-3 slider-up jumps from this antenna without acrobatic, it was his first slider-up object.
Last time he decided to make a gainer. He could not set the rotation and hovered, then rolled over his side. Then he tried to stabilize and turn away from the antenna. He threw his PC too low, and impacted without canopy.
His story illustrates that too fast progress without proper training leads to a sad final.

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