Heike Rößler

BFL#: 412 (15th of the year)
Name: Heike Rossler
Date: 22th August, 2021
Nationality: German
Location: Katthammaren, Molde - Norway
Object Type: Earth
COD: Impact under canopy
Clothes / Suit: Normal clothes - Slick
Gear / Parachute: Modified Hybrid Alien, OSP2 205
Age: 55
Skydive Experience: 144
BASE Jumps: 16
WS BASE Experience: 0
Years/Seasons in Base: 2
Time of day: 21:02 (9:02pm)
Other factors: Poor freefall skills
Exit Altitude: 1250m, 4100ft
Conditions: No wind, no clouds, good visibility
Wind on exit: No wind

Description:

Good exit, 100-110 degrees side rotation to the left in freefall until she pitched, no freefall control, no tracking, 10 seconds delay, opening very close to the wall, 20-30 degrees off-heading to the left from her body position, 120-140 degrees from the direction of her exit push, first impact under canopy after 1.5 seconds, no visible actions under canopy, after several impacts for about 150 metres against the almost vertical part of the wall she stopped at the highest point of the talus without any visible movements. The helicopter rescue found her dead at this spot almost 2 hours later.

Learning factor: do your home work at skydiving first, don’t trust poor decisions even when it’s your partner.
This report has been written by her Partner/Instructor.


https://www.welt.de/.../Norwegen-Deutsche-stirbt-beim...

https://www.nrk.no/.../tysk-kvinne-omkom-i-basehopp-ved...

https://direkte.vg.no/.../leteaksjon-etter...


https://www.dagbladet.no/.../kvinne-dode-i.../74137979...

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