Martin planned flight over peak of Sněžka mountain with flyby at the top and had solid experience with proximity and terrain flying. He was jumping from powered hang glider and practiced exit from it week prior to his accident. As was satisfied with practice jump he planned to exit at altitude approximately 400m above the peak. When he exited from hang glider he felt into front flip and did at least one, possibly more. After regaining control and getting his suit into flight he realised that he lost significant altitude and will not be able to make it over the top of the mountain. At this point he was flying against the mountain and went for right turn to escape to Polish side of the mountain where the terrain drops a bit more. He did emergency pull and impacted just after line stretch. Died on impact to the rocky slope of the mountain.

Martin was considered safe and calculated jumper and it was difficult for us to understand why he didn’t make emergency pull right after he recovered from unstable exit and found out that he won’t be able to make it over the top. Two main factors most likely played role at unstable exit one of them being his size and difficulties to clear the glider with physique he had. The other factor might be not having enough experience with jumping off light hang glider where instead of having good kick into flight position he could easily kicked glider behind. Martin also planned this jump long time ago as I remember him talking about it 2 years earlier so maybe his focus at the time was way too much into making this flight happen and he pushed his limits too far. Also illegality of the jump (in the area of National Park is not even allowed to fly hang glider) could push his effort to reach the goal on first attempt. Martin left wife and son behind and is deeply missed by many.

Fly free my friend...