Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 48
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 26. 07. 2015
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
- Launch site:
-
Canada › Squamish › Stawamus Chief
Other incidents at this location: SFFL 35
Equipment
- Wing:
- Sky Country › Escape
- Wing size:
- 11.0 m²
- Safety devices:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Kyle Macdonald Wolochatiuk
- Age:
- 40
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Canadian
- Experience level:
- —
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Clipped tree in flight
Description
Kyle Macdonald-Wolochatiuk, 40 years old fell around 500 metres to the bottom of Stawamus Chief cliff after hitting a tree shortly after launching.
After launching with trimmers open in no wind/slight tail with possible damp wing, Kyle clipped a tree on the cliff and impacted the cliff face.
http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/S...749/story.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...dent-1.3170284
http://globalnews.ca/news/2133785/fo...tawamus-chief/
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