Micah couch
Date: June 28, 2017
Nationality: American
Location: Kammen, Voss, Norway
Object Type: Earth
COD: Impact nothing out/ no pull find
Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit C-race with Blue stiffener foam
Gear /Parachute: Snekor with Flik 242
Age: 33
Skydive Experience: 12,400
BASE Experience: 470
Years in Base: 2-3 seasons
WS BASE: Unknown
Time of day: 7:15pm
Conditions: 20 degrees Celsius and no wind
Description:
UPDATE AS OF 27TH JULY
-MAJOR INCIDENT REPORT
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...bxkiK65z0/edit
Me in front leading the way, Micah wanted to follow me and Mathias as number three.
Micah exited on the inner so he could be on me from the beginning.
We had good starts turning right to enter behind the spires and into the huge couloir. I saw Micah´s shadow when we where flying through in a quite hard dive and lots of energy. That part of the flight was amazing. Beautiful, fast, powerful and safe in the same time.
When we disconnected and flew out in the valley I saw Micah on my right side flying out in safe environment to pull. We had pretty good height when we flew out in the valley. When I saw his video I saw him flare and have lots of altitude. At this point myself was still continuing flying much lower than Micah.
I pulled my canopy and right after opening i saw Micah still on my right side continuing flying. I was quite shocked that he hadn`t pulled because he started to be low.
Then i saw him struggling to pull his PC. I saw he tried different moves. I'm not 100% but i saw him de-arch instead of arching. Then he turned over to his back just before the impact.
He was fighting to the very end to find the PC, he was not interested at all to crash himself into the ground. The eyewitnesses heard him scream before impact.
I landed and called rescue and ran over to find Micah. There was several people from the neighbourhood there already. There was nothing we could do.
When police and ambulance came we checked Micah`s rig. Pilot chute was just out of the pocket, bridle still in folds. So the pilot chute came out of the BOC on impact.
We checked pins and they were moving, just to be 100% sure.
We could not check his WS at this moment, but I think this issue has been taken from other jumpers and the manufacturer.
This accident was one of the accidents that just should not happen. I look back at the jump and can`t find any other things we could do to avoid this. The jump is one of the safer jumps I do. The flight pattern was done in a proper way.
I hope we can learn from this as with all the other accidents. The pull is the moment when I have highest heart beats through a jump. Be sure that you can pull whatever you fly.
I'm really sad for the loss to all of you.
Tom
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Nationality: American
Location: Kammen, Voss, Norway
Object Type: Earth
COD: Impact nothing out/ no pull find
Clothes / Suit: Wingsuit C-race with Blue stiffener foam
Gear /Parachute: Snekor with Flik 242
Age: 33
Skydive Experience: 12,400
BASE Experience: 470
Years in Base: 2-3 seasons
WS BASE: Unknown
Time of day: 7:15pm
Conditions: 20 degrees Celsius and no wind
Description:
UPDATE AS OF 27TH JULY
-MAJOR INCIDENT REPORT
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...bxkiK65z0/edit
Me in front leading the way, Micah wanted to follow me and Mathias as number three.
Micah exited on the inner so he could be on me from the beginning.
We had good starts turning right to enter behind the spires and into the huge couloir. I saw Micah´s shadow when we where flying through in a quite hard dive and lots of energy. That part of the flight was amazing. Beautiful, fast, powerful and safe in the same time.
When we disconnected and flew out in the valley I saw Micah on my right side flying out in safe environment to pull. We had pretty good height when we flew out in the valley. When I saw his video I saw him flare and have lots of altitude. At this point myself was still continuing flying much lower than Micah.
I pulled my canopy and right after opening i saw Micah still on my right side continuing flying. I was quite shocked that he hadn`t pulled because he started to be low.
Then i saw him struggling to pull his PC. I saw he tried different moves. I'm not 100% but i saw him de-arch instead of arching. Then he turned over to his back just before the impact.
He was fighting to the very end to find the PC, he was not interested at all to crash himself into the ground. The eyewitnesses heard him scream before impact.
I landed and called rescue and ran over to find Micah. There was several people from the neighbourhood there already. There was nothing we could do.
When police and ambulance came we checked Micah`s rig. Pilot chute was just out of the pocket, bridle still in folds. So the pilot chute came out of the BOC on impact.
We checked pins and they were moving, just to be 100% sure.
We could not check his WS at this moment, but I think this issue has been taken from other jumpers and the manufacturer.
This accident was one of the accidents that just should not happen. I look back at the jump and can`t find any other things we could do to avoid this. The jump is one of the safer jumps I do. The flight pattern was done in a proper way.
I hope we can learn from this as with all the other accidents. The pull is the moment when I have highest heart beats through a jump. Be sure that you can pull whatever you fly.
I'm really sad for the loss to all of you.
Tom
The List:
BASE Fatality List
*** Please send updates, additions, corrections, or comments to: bfl@baselogic.com, or please contact us.
Media Advisory - This information is proprietary and only for the internal use of the BASE jumping community.
You do not have permission to quote anything presented herein without consent.
In the interest of fairness and accuracy this List will present an inaccurate view when not taken in context. These listed events represent fatalities that have occurred over a period of time spanning 1981 to the present.
This List is not 100% accurate.
These reports change as new information becomes available.
Fatalities are not necessarily in order of their occurrence.
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
All rights reserved. No republication of this material, in any form or medium, is permitted without express permission of the author. All images and words are protected by U.S. and International Copyright laws. Copyright 1994-2011
BFL
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