Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 40
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 06. 09. 2014
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
- Switzerland › St. Gallen › Hinterrugg, Walenstadt
Equipment
- Wing:
- Swing › Mirage
- Wing size:
- 9.0 m²
- Safety devices:
- Unknown
Personal
- Name:
- Niklas Petersen
- Age:
- 36
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Danish
- Experience level:
- —
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- Turbulent conditions
- Factors:
- Turbulence
Description
A 36 year old Danish Speed-Flyer suffered fatal crash on Hinterrugg in the Churfirsten Mountains at 16:20 after launching suffered a wing collapse followed by hitting a ledge and falling down a steep slope.
http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/ostschwe...n-Tod-19569114