Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 1
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 06. 12. 2006
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
-
Switzerland › Valais › Verbier
Other incidents at this location: SFFL 59
Equipment
- Wing:
- —
- Wing size:
- —
- Safety devices:
- Spot Device Inreach
Personal
- Name:
- Sébastien Gay
- Age:
- 28
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Swiss
- Experience level:
- Beginner
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Prototype
Description
The incident happened in Verbier ski domain in the Creblet area. 28 year old Sébastien, a mountain guide, crashed against a rock.
He was heliported to hospital, in Sion, where he later died from his injuries. Géraldine, his wife who witnessed the accident.
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