bfl-441

BFL# 441 (22nd of the year)
Name: Anatoly Vasilevich Uzun
Date: 29th October 2022
Nationality: Russian (living in Arco)
Location: Corno di Pichéa (Monte Tofino) Italy
Object Type: Earth
COD: Cliff Strike / Impact
Clothes/Suit: WS Jedei 3
Gear/Parachute: FomichWS / VisionWS 235
Age: 55
Skydive Experience: 4000+
BASE Jumps: 2000+
Years/Seasons: 16+ years
Time of day: before 13:00 (1pm)
Other factors: Change of the original plan
Exit Altitude: 2050 Metres (6725 feet)
Conditions: Sunny and warm weather
Winds: No wind
Description:

The peak Corno di Pichèa, well seen from the valley, seemed to offer a beautiful long flight. As long ago as in June 2022 Anatoly made all the necessary measurements and prepared a plan. He waited fora day with the perfect weather conditions because of the technically difficult exit.

The day October 29th, 2022 had those conditions. That day, coming to the peak, Anatoly and Mario found a new spot, which was 20meters higher than the original one, however located to the right of the flight axis and the deepest part of the couloir. Anatoly measured the place again with two lasers, and the guys made a decision to use the new exit point, which seemed more comfortable.

Mario was absolutely sure, that the landscape measurements of this exit were similar to Ferrari, which suggests with high probability that Anatoly was of the same opinion.

The initial part of the landscape, bordering on the exit, is located in a closed couloir; in addition, at that time of the day it was in the shade, which made it really difficult to see the details of the landscape. In fact, it turned out to be similar to the exit La Stella, where, as soon as two seconds after the push, the landscape aggressively falls upon you on the right. However, unlike La Stella exit, in this case the space for a manoeuvre on the left was limited.

The deepest part of the couloir was located on the left, however the exit sector in this direction was limited by the wall. Besides that, about 100 m further the flight line was supposed to go on the right because of the specifics of the landscape, which defined the exit vector.

Everything happened in 6 seconds. After the push, as soon as the landscape began to move, all the hidden details became visible, including the ledge imperceptible from the exit point, which turned out to be right on the trajectory of the flight. Anatoly realised that the prepared jump plan did not correspond to the reality, but there was too little time to change it. He made an input to the left to slide in direction of the saving depth. He hadn’t reached the terminal speed yet, that’s why the input did not have the immediate result, and Anatoly reinforced it. However, a few seconds later, when the speed was already sufficient, this movement turned out to be excessive, which led to an uncontrollable deviation of the flight trajectory to the left and impact with the rock.

The impact caused the deployment of the canopy, which caught hold of the rock about 20 meters lower the impact point.

The rescue team verified immediate death due to fatal injuries.


https://www.ildolomiti.it/cronaca/2022/dramma-in-volo-si-lancia-con-la-tuta-alare-ma-finisce-contro-le-rocce-morto-anatoly-uzun-base-jumper-residente-ad-arco?fbclid=IwAR0zGRtiHt3UfHl4ry83O4OFLf54sUzycaGP NQq-GiGJQeY5fFFHlcbVk8U

Tragedy in Alto Garda, he jumps with a wingsuit but ends up against the rock wall: a jumper is dead - the Dolomites (ildolomiti.it)