A 51-year-old New Zealand pilot fell 30m to his death after ground launching from Ørneredet (Eagles Nest) Gary and a friend had gone to Lysebotn to do a First Base Jump Course. Before the course could start late that afternoon Gary went up to ground launch his skydiving canopy. On his second launch attempt he had his accident when the canopy he was using collapsed due to it failing to inflate correctly and he fell 30m the the ledge below the launch site. He died while on the ledge, with another BASE jumper who had climbed down to help him.

http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/06/20/n...ping/12213291/
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/.../VOL3KMPJGLZUFM2T5SE74AIR5U/
https://www.newshub.co.nz/.../kiwi-killed-in-norway...

He was very current at skydiving, having just won two gold medals at the World POPS (Parachutists Over Phorty Society) competions at Reggio Emilia, Italy, the week before going to Lysebotn.
He had completed the course in the classroom, jumps from the pendulator and inspecting the landing area and out landing areas.
The weather was not ideal for novices, but was forecast to be better the next day. Gary watched many experienced jumpers landing.
Late in the day Gary and a friend went up to Eagle's Nest to ground launch their non-BASE canopies. Nobody saw what actually happened. His friend couldn't see over the edge, but knew there was no canopy in the air. Observers at the bottom could see an accident had happened, so called the rescue service. It is presumed that his canopy wasn't inflated properly from the ground launch.
There were four of us from NZ who went to Stavanger from the World POPS meet. Two whuffos and two jumpers who were doing the FBJC.