Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 46
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 11. 05. 2015
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
- United States of America › Hawaii › Ka ena Point
Equipment
- Wing:
- Swing › Spitfire
- Wing size:
- 9.0 m²
- Safety devices:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Clayton Hoyte-Butler
- Age:
- 39
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- American
- Experience level:
- Experienced
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- Leeside Flying
- Factors:
- Turbulence Trimmers Open
Description
While soaring (trimmers open) along the coast in cross wind, flew behind a spine. Collapse, dropped 50'.
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