Gone but not forgotten
Gone but not forgotten
Included here are friends/BASE jumpers who died doing other activities as well as the whole BASE fatality list..
Name | Date | Details | bf#
*** NOTE: If there is NOT a BF# or a W#, then the person did not die on a BASE Jump.
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Included here are friends/BASE jumpers who died doing other activities as well as the whole BASE fatality list..
Name | Date | Details | bf#
| Name | Date | Details | BF# |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Harmon | April 11, 1981 | Hit antenna | 1 |
| Larry Jackson | October, 1981 | Hit wall | 2 |
| Frank Donnellan | June 2, 1982 | BASE 12Pullupcord attached | 3 |
| Jimmy Tyler | January 1, 1982 | BASE 13 wall strike | 4 |
| Michael Glenn Williams | October 1, 1983 | drowned | 5 |
| Pauli Belik | March 7, 1983 | frozen canopy | 6 |
| Carl Boenish | June 7, 1984 | BASE 4 Impacted trollwall | 7 |
| Jurgen Håkonson | August 18, 1985 | unstable impact | 8 |
| Jari Mynttinen | August 24, 1985 | Unstable impact | 9 |
| Marilyn Ettema | January 1,1986 | BASE 154 wall strike | 10 |
| John Raymond "Fossie Bear" Foster | June 30, 1986 | unstable impact | 11 |
| Rick Stanley | January 1, 1986 | Drowned | 12 |
| Jeb Williams | January 1,1986 | Impact ground | 13 |
| Michael Gibbard | January 1, 1987 | Impact | 14 |
| Antonio Vanone | August 23, 1987 | Wallstrike | 15 |
| Steve Gyrsting | October 10, 1987 | wrong pc selected | 16 |
| Marlen Buford | January 1,1988 | impacted wall | 17 |
| Mitch Reno | October 23,1988 | impacted ground | 18 |
| David Dunblazier | January 1,1989 | line twists impact | 19 |
| Richard (Dick) Pedley | December 17, 1989 | Impact wall BASE 263 | 20 |
| Jean-Marc Boivin | February 17, 1989 | impact wall | 21 |
| Mike Heron | January 1,1990 | bridle hangup | 22 |
| Robert Morris, Jr. | June 10, 1990 | BASE 275 pilot chute in tow | 23 |
| Darren Newton | May 20th 1992 | 180 building strike | 24 |
| Marita Schneider | January 1, 1993 | line twist wall strike | 25 |
| Jonathan Bowlin | January 1,1993 | BASE 76 canopy wrap | 26 |
| Joe Shaw | January 1,1993 | offheading | 27 |
| Susan Oatly | January 1,1993 | impact wall freefall | 28 |
| Jason Rooney | November 15, 1993 | slipped unprepared | 29 |
| Paul Thompson | January 1,1994 | wallstrike | 30 |
| Xaver Bongard | April 15, 1994 | linetwist to impact | 31 |
| Andre Jewett | April 3, 1994 | canopy snivel impact | 32 |
| Robert Overacker | October 1,1995 | Drowning | 33 |
| Theresa Tran | December 20, 1995 | pilot chute locked | 34 |
| Don Sampson | January 1,1996 | hook turn into wall | 35 |
| Sebastian Dectot | August 16, 1996 | fliming on back | 36 |
| Jeff "Maggilla" Christman | October 21, 1996 | off heading | 37 |
| Alexander Haseke | October 28, 1996 | BASE 429 off heading | 38 |
| Gary Dawson | December 25, 1996 | offheading impact | 39 |
| Stina-Ulla Ostberg | July 29, 1997 | unstable impact | 40 |
| Torben Petersen | August 4, 1997 | off heading | 41 |
| Christopher Kennedy | December 2,1997 | wrong gear set up | 42 |
| Bob "Bromo" Neely | May 14, 1998 | delay too long | 43 |
| Thor Alex Kappfjell | July 7, 1999 | jumped in cloud | 44 |
| Daniel Twomey | August 4, 1999 | imapct wall | 45 |
| Joshua Michael McVay | August 8, 1999 | impact wallstrike | 46 |
| Kirill Goretov | August, 15 1999 | wallstrike | 47 |
| Jan Davis | October 22, 1999 | borrowed gear | 48 |
| Roger Butler | February 9, 2000 | drowned | 49 |
| Andrea Quarisa | May 7, 2000 | fliming on back | 50 |
| Terry Forrestal | June 10, 2000 | off heading impact | 51 |
| Valentino Ventori | August 5, 2000 | unstable to impact | 52 |
| Jerge Juan Domench | November 2, 2000 | high winds | 53 |
| Fred ?? | January 1, 2000 | no experience | 54 |
| Trevor Yates | January 1, 2000 | pc and bridle selection | 55 |
| Michael "Schelfy" Schafer | January 1, 2001 | offheading | 56 |
| Thierry Van Roy | April 2, 2001 | filming on back | 57 |
| Erin Aimee Engle | July 22, 2001 | short delay | 58 |
| Massimo Mazzeo | September 27, 2001 | impact total | 59 |
| Name Withheld (Male) | January 1, 2001 | unstable exit | 60 |
| Unknown (Male) | April 1st 2002 | unstable exit | 61 |
| Andrei Grunberg | May 1, 2002 | Impacted wall on a antenna | 62 |
| Lee (Skypunk) Werling | May 29 ,2002 | ImpactedgroundAntenna | 63 |
| Brian Stout | June 15, 2002 | Impacted water | 64 |
| Lori Barr | July 23, 2002 | Kjerag no experience | 65 |
| Dr. Nikolas (Nik) Hartshorne | August 6, 2002 | hit wall | 66 |
| Wolfgang "Wolle" Bäumer | August 13, 2002 | camera | 67 |
| Christophe Averty | August 15, 2002 | wall strike | 68 |
| Tore Lillebostad | August 25, 2002 | unstable | 69 |
| Kirill Kiselev | September 1, 2002 | low pull | 70 |
| Rob Tompkins | September 12, 2002 | wingsuit gainer | 71 |
| Lukas Knutsson | October 11, 2002 | burble | 72 |
| Robert Hinden | January 11, 2003 | Offheading | 73 |
| Bill Frogge | January 27, 2003 | Pilot chute unattached | 74 |
| Alexi Kosarev | April 5, 2003 | offheading wallstrike | 75 |
| Linus Rains | July 23, 2003 | wallstrike | 76 |
| Fabrice Parent | August 10, 2003 | wallstrike | 77 |
| Gabi Dematte | August 13, 2003 | impact ledge in flight | 78 |
| Jason Corcoran | October 9, 2003 | over delayed | 79 |
| Bruno | November 23, 2003 | bridle entaglement | 80 |
| Alexander papuca | May 3, 2004 | deploy too late | 81 |
| Andi Krenner | June 18, 2004 | impacted wall | 82 |
| Jeff Barker | July 5, 2004 | impacted ledge in freefall | 83 |
| Duane Thomas | August 21, 2004 | low pull | 84 |
| Roland (Slim) Simpson | October 22, 2004 | low pull line twists | 85 |
| Jason Fitz-Herbert | October 29, 2004 | impact ledge | 86 |
| Erich Wagar | November 17, 2004 | BASE 598 low pull | 87 |
| Johannes Teigland | March 24, 2005 | impact wall | 88 |
| Olov Axel Kappfjell | May 16, 2005 | impact building | 89 |
| Siller Wolfgang | May 21, 2005 | high winds | 90 |
| Jurij Graciov | July 3, 2005 | wallstrike | 91 |
| Darcy Zoitsas | July 19, 2005 | unstable at pull | 92 |
| Vadim "Vertz" Vertzgaizer | November 11, 2005 | guyed wire | 93 |
| Julian "Tom" Manship | December 31, 2005 | BASE 652 Impact ground | 94 |
| Paul Smith-Crallan | March 15, 2006 | pull up cord | 95 |
| Stephan Grossman | April 15, 2006 | 180 wall strike | 96 |
| Stephine llonide | April 16, 2006 | Off heading | 97 |
| Alexey Sayutin | May 6, 2006 | offheading | 98 |
| Tony "Coombesy"Coombes | May 27, 2006 | wall strike | 99 |
| Shannon Carmel Dean | May 29, 2006 | pc hesitation | 100 |
| Mario Massato | June 18, 2006 | Bridle warp | 101 |
| Berndt Stecher | September 9,2006 | impact wall | 102 |
| Adam Gibson | September 15, 2006 | impacted ledge | 103 |
| Brian Lee Schubert | October 21,2006 | pc hesitation | 104 |
| Joe Lathrop | November 3,2006 | pull up cord | 105 |
| Csaba Zsiros | November 18 2006 | filming on back | 106 |
| Edgar Kraus | December 27 2006 | filming on back | 107 |
| Rene Duriaux | January 4,2007 | Offheading | 108 |
| Alexander Chavdar | January 28,2007 | low pull | 109 |
| Sean Richards | February 10, 2007 | off heading | 110 |
| Mikhail Panchenko | March 21,2007 | hypothermia water | 111 |
| Yegor Drozdov | April 10,2007 | high winds | 112 |
| Jimmy Hall | May 9,2007 | impact ledge | 113 |
| Jean Marc-Mouligne | june 30,2007 | drowned | 114 |
| Nikolai Ens | July 7,2007 | impact | 115 |
| Stephen Richard "STEVO" Anderton | August 14,2007 | low turn | 116 |
| Bert Brooks | September 7,2007 | off heading | 117 |
| Marcelo Dutra | September 13,2007 | no pilot chute | 118 |
| Oleg Kudria | September 30 ,2007 | bridle knot | 119 |
| Alexander Bogoroditskiy | October 9, 2007 | pc in tow | 120 |
| Jefersen Bitencourt | October 13,2007 | cutaway fall | 121 |
| Emanuele Amadori | May 25,2008 | pc in tow | 122 |
| Angus "Gus" Hutchison-Brown | May 25,2008 | low pull | 123 |
| Yoann Lizeroux | July 1,2008 | Impact ledge | 124 |
| Ben Cannon | August 22,2008 | Low pull | 125 |
| Tommy tiger Hjerto | September 9 2008 | impact | 126 |
| Simon Skovgaard Jensen | September 11,2008 | unstable exit | 127 |
| Igor "Anis" Anisenko | October 16,2008 | impact ledge | 128 |
| Daniel "Papy" Jacquemin | December 29 ,2008 | pc hesitation | 129 |
| Chad Dennis Suppa | February 15 ,2009 | cliffstrike | 130 |
| Roar Rosten | February 1, 2009 (W#16) | offheading | 131 |
| Aleksei Irzhembickij | February 28,2009 | pc issues | 132 |
| James Shane Mcconkey | March 26, 2009 (W#17) | unstable at pull time | 133 |
| Gorm Irgens Ustlie | April 7, 2009 (W#18) | off heading | 134 |
| Thibaux | june 2009 | Offheading | 135 |
| Mike "Mikey" Warren | August 11, 2009 (W#19) | Low pull | 136 |
| Stefan Drenchev-Tsafa | September 7,2009 | 180 | 137 |
| Leroy Buckley | September 9, 2009 (W#20) | Impact ledge | 138 |
| Jimmy Freeman | October 31, 2009 (W#21) | Impact trees | 139 |
| Ueli Gegenschatz | November 13,2009 | Impacted building | 140 |
| Scott "Moose" Doyle | November 19,2009 | Cliffstrike | 141 |
| Bernd Strehle | November 28,2009 | impact ledge | 142 |
| Darrel Dunafon | December 4,2009 | powerlines | 143 |
| Darren Bull | December 21, 2009 (W#22) | slipped | 144 |
| Mark Mosley | January 16 2010 | slipped | 145 |
| Geoffrey Robson | April 12, 2010 (W#23) | impact ledge | 146 |
| Michael Avanzi | April 26,2010 (W#24) | impact wal | 147 |
| Jim Mitchell | May 9 2010 (W#25) | slipped | 148 |
| Daryl Norris | May 23 ,2010 | pc issues | 149 |
| Jeremy Francois | July 8, 2010 (W#26) | impact ledge | 150 |
| Tyler S. Stimson | July 16, 2010 | bridle wrap | 151 |
| Alison Martinez | July 22 2010 | offheading | 152 |
| Anton Knestyapin | July 24 , 2010 | no seperation | 153 |
| Aude-Marianne Beretucchi | July 25 2010 | offheading | 154 |
| Herbert Weissmann | August 4, 2010 | offheading | 155 |
| Clement borrel | August 4 2010 | cliff strike under canopy | 156 |
| Will Heidebrecht | September 14 2010 | low pull pc issues | 157 |
| Kylie "Buffy" Tanti | September 28, 2010 | go pro wrap | 158 |
| Yngve Fusker Fjeldstad | October 8 2010 | Impact | 159 |
| Mike 'Mercyless' Marko | December 30 2010 | impact ledge | 160 |
| Gary Harbird | January 25, 2011 | Impact ledge | 161 |
| Lucas Oliver | January 30, 2011 | bridle wrap | 162 |
| Max Moret | April 30, 2011 | pc issues | 163 |
| Evgens Chernatskij | May 3 2011 | wall impact | 164 |
| Mirko (BBC) Smidt | May 6 2011 | low pull | 165 |
| Michel Gaillardou | June, 3, 2011 | impact wall | 166 |
| Bryan Hirn (W#32) | June 9, 2011 | impact wall | 167 |
| Ted Rudd | June 13 2011 | impact wall | 168 |
| Rudolphe climent | June 26 2011 | wall strike | 169 |
| Dave "Cable Dave" Karaffa | July 7 2011(W#33) | impact ledge | 170 |
| Jeremy Graczyk | July 12 2011 | died on mushroom,impact wall | 171 |
| Arne Aarset | July 18 2011 | romsdalhorn low pull | 172 |
| Olivier Labaudie | August 14 2011 | Massif de la Croix | 173 |
| Pete Certain | September 3 2011 | Twin Falls | 174 |
| Fabrice Rieu | September 9 2011 | France | 175 |
| Nico Müller | September 15 2011 | Switzerland | 176 |
| Valentina Rotar | September 16, 2011 | High Nose | 177 |
| Rob Kelly | October 15, 2011 | France | 178 |
| Antoine Montant | October 21, 2011 | Impact ledge | 179 |
| Holly Brittsan | November 15, 2011 | Low jump impact | 180 |
| Jonathan Tagle | June 26,2012 | canopy collision on tree | |
| Matt Gold | May???2012 | wingsuit skydive death | |
| Mike Allen | [date?] | BASE 163,car accident florida alligator alley, | |
| Alf Humphries | 1995 | suicide.(After a BASE jump that left him severly disabled). | |
| John Carta | September 1990 | BASE 118,plane crash | |
| Brad "Banzi" Buffington | suicide | ||
| Bradley Smith | 1997 | BASE 8, suicide | |
| Mark Sechler | BASE 34canopy wrap | ||
| Rick Shillabeer | 2005 | BASE 43, emphysema. | |
| Mike Perron | 1986 | BASE 5, plane crash | |
| Levi Green | Skydiving | BASE 51 | |
| Jim Dias | BASE 67,terminal illness | ||
| Andrew Thorton | Tennessee in 89-91? | BASE 78, plane crash | |
| Steve McEllwain | 1992 | terminal illness | |
| Sean Kerridge | 2012-feb 17 | speedflying accident | |
| Stig A Knudsen | 12 Nov 2013 | Brain Tumour | |
| Steve "Dead Steve" Morrell | 1996 | BASE 174 (skydiving accident) | |
| Larry "Blowhole" March,Looney Larry | |||
| Steve Mulholland | December 8, 1997 | High altitude died in south pole | |
| Manual Gonzales | BASE 203, skydiving | ||
| Shane Revitt | April 13 2007 | BASE 235,Climbing | |
| John Hoover | 2000 | BASE 95,car accident | |
| Frank Gambalie | June 9,1999 | Drown in elcap running | |
| Rob Slater | August 20 1995 | BASE 42, died on K 2 (climbing mountain) | |
| John Mjöen | August 16, 1996 | opened trollspiret , died tandem in denmark | |
| Lee Hulett | October, 1997 | BASE 420 skydiving | |
| Patrick de Gayardon | April 13 1998 | sewn in pilot chute | |
| Seth Blake | 1998 | tandem crash | |
| Earl Redfern | July 18, 2000 BASE 300 | plane crash | |
| Clint Ford | July 18, 2000 | plane crash | |
| Matt "Kevin" McMannes | car accident | ||
| Jay Johnson | January 14 2001 | plane crash king air utah | |
| Chuck Wilson | January 14 2001 | king air crash Tooele valley | |
| Nathan Hall | January 14 2001 | King air crash Utah | |
| Jurgen Ornburger | February, 2002 | he fell off la mousse | |
| Kataya Nemtsova | April, 2002 | suicide | |
| Henry Bivins | heart attack | ||
| Eric R. Davis | August 31, 2002 | suicide | |
| Will Forshay | April 8, 2003 | BASE 702 plane crash falcon 20 | |
| Martin Siddell | May 11, 2003 | skydiving | |
| Jesper Emil Olsen | July 9, 2003 | fell while hiking in Norway, no rig | |
| Gerald Striegel | August 23, 2003 | skydiving | |
| Dwain Weston | October 7, 2003 | Impacted bridge during a skydiving (not a BASE related incident) | |
| Rob Tonnesen | 2003 | asphyxiation | |
| Dave Flannell | November 19, 2003 | rappelling accident cave of swallows Mexico | |
| Fumio Kubo | January 12 2004 | tandem accident | |
| Rob Fry | August 2004 | skateboarding accident | |
| Dima Obod | September 5, 2004 | Motor bike crash Moscow | |
| Neil Queminet | October 5, 2004 | BASE 796 krabi climbing thailand | |
| Chris Martin | Skydiving bridle wrap | ||
| Ronny Bandidos | Heart failure | ||
| Claudio clod Ceroni | June 30, 2004 | BASE 724. Died in Motorbike accident. | |
| Joshua Joseph Whipple | February 10, 2005 | suicide | |
| Jeffery S. Taylor | June 28, 2005 | BASE 789,navy seal killed rocket attack | |
| Shawn K. DiGeorge | August 28, 2005 | natural causes | |
| John (Jo) Stanley | September 11, 2005 | BASE 82, sail plane crash | |
| Paul Slugger Myks | July 31, 1999 | king air crash michigan | |
| Matt Myers | July 31, 1999 | King air crash michigan | |
| Adrian Nicholas | September 17, 2005 | AAD Fire/Internal injuries | |
| Dr. David Christopher Williams | Brain tumour | ||
| Kenny Swyers | 1980 | killed on slipping down st loius arch after landing | |
| Gary Cullen | June 19, 2010 | Died during a groundlauching incident in Eagles nest (Kjerag). | |
| Christophe Pomme | March 2011 | died in a car accident in new caledonia | |
| Jakob K | June 22 2011 | fell while lost in fog on Buffalo Bill exit in Swiss Valley | |
| Val Montant | February 25, 2006 | died hiking back home | |
| Ted Strong | October 14 , 2011 | military training exercise | |
| Eli Thomson | August 28, 2009 | Died in Lauterbrunnen filming red bull movie | |
| Bill Beck | May 2012 | Murdered (girlfriend) | |
| Mark Sutton | August 14, 2013 | Died in a heli event near Martigny | |
| Daniel Self | 2011 | Suicide gunshot | |
| Dan Vicary | March 29, 2014 | Heli base Impact flying low level terrain | |
| Ludovic Woerth | March 29, 2014 | Heli base Impact flying low level terrain (Filming) | |
| Brian Drake | March 29, 2014 | Heli base Impact flying low level terrain (Filming) | |
| Jeff Nebelkopf | May 24,2014 | Skydiving Malfunction | |
| Pierre Buro (Bodhi Mcfly) | May 29, 2014 | Speedflying Accident | |
| Ralph Greeny Greenaway | Sept 2014 | Missing whilst Back country Jumping | |
| David Stadelmann | October 15, 2011 | Speedflying Accident | Aborted take off |
| Walden Grindle | 22 September 2013 | Speedflying Accident | Impact full flight |
| Evan Whitlock | December 4, 2010 | Speedflying Accident | malfunctioned |
| Marcelo Matos | February 14th , 2015 | wingsuit jump from plane | Heli base Impact flying low level terrain |
| Juhani Ali-Tolppa | April 20, 2014 | Plane crash in finland | Plane crash |
| Dario Bario Dominguez | June 6, 2014 | Demo jump for alvaro Bulto | Impact low level terrain |
| Tiago Amorim Cobra | August 10, 2015 | running exit from Pedra Bonita | Ramp was closed High winds.. |
| Adam bennett | September 4, 2010 | Plane crash | 9 people killed in skydiving plane crash |
| Michael Suter | September 4, 2010 | Plane Crash | 9 people killed plane crash |
| Rami Kipa Kajala | January 20, 2016 | Drowning at bixby | Died a hero trying to save a jumper |
| Tancrède Melet | January 5, 2016 | balloon accident | Died slipping from balloon |
| Darel Davenport | January 8, 2016 | Fell From multi story building | Slipped and fell 39 storys |
| Toby Benham | Septemeber 8, 2015 | Died from impacting ledge | Died on a rope swing |
| Hannes Arch | September 9, 2016 | Died in a helicopter Crash | Helicopter |
| Kristian johansen | December , 2014 | Suicide | Suicide |
| Patrick De Gayardon de Fenoyl | April 13 , 1998 | rigging error with main and reserve | jumping from plane |
| Marc-André Denault | November 14, 2016 | Suicide | Suicide |
| Gleb Vorevodin | February 12, 2017 | Helicopter crash | Helo Crash |
| Nicolas Hormans | February 24, 2017 | Suicide | Suicide |
| Kurt Ruppert | January 3, 2012 | Went Missing on a helicopter jump | Missing on Skydive |
| Seth Stone | September 30, 2017 | Balloon Jump with Base gear | Base gear Mal |
| Jerry ' Maggot' Piccola | June 28-30th, 2008 | Motorcycle Accident died shortly after in Hospital | Motorbike Accident |
| Alexander Pogrebov | Paragliding Jump impacted | ||
| Franky Kowaas | September 27, 2018 | Buried under Hotel Collapse | Earthquake Indonesia |
| Petra Mandagi | September 27, 2018 | Buried under Hotel Collapse | Earthquake Indonesia |
| Christophe Ledent | June 18, 2019 | Using Base gear from Ultralight | Impacted under partial canopy |
| Angelo Niko Grubisic | August 22, 2019 | Heli Base in Saudi Arabia | Impacted in full flight |
| Nolan Smythe | March 6, 2020 | Climbing in El Gigante Ledge collasped sheering rope | Fell to his death |
| Austin Carey | June 26, 2020 | Missing in twin falls river after jumping | Drowning |
*** NOTE: If there is NOT a BF# or a W#, then the person did not die on a BASE Jump.
BLiNC Magazine strongly encourages readers to comment on its content. Read the Disclaimer and the policy on Site Naming. Posting a comment releases it in the Public Domain. These comments will be moderated. If you see inappropriate content, please notify the administrator
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