bfl-414

William Mills

BFL#: 414 (17th of the year)
Name: William Mills
Date: 12th September, 2021
Nationality: American
Location: Mushroom - Eiger, Nordwand, Switzerland
Object Type: Earth
COD: low pull
Clothes / Suit: Two piece tracking suit
Gear / Parachute: Unknown
Age: 32
Skydive Experience: Experienced
BASE Jumps: 500ish
WS BASE Experience: 0
Years/Seasons in Base: 8 seasons, first jump May 2013
Time of day: 14:30 (2:30pm)
Other factors: Fatigue
Exit Altitude: 12 sec · 440 m · 1440 ft
Conditions: Unknown
Wind on exit: minimal
Description:
Four on load. Two Wingsuiters and two two piece tracking suits wingsuiters exited first flying left toward train station. Two piece tracking suits then exited together. Mills in front Kaleb In back Kaleb had a 180 on opening and lost sight of Mills. Mills was found with chute out slider up still indicating a low or mis timed pull.
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