Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 68
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 28. 04. 2019
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- Error in flight preparation
Equipment
- Wing:
- Swing › Mirage RS
- Wing size:
- 13.0 m²
- Safety devices:
- Unknown
Personal
- Name:
- Astrid Brandal Reynolds
- Age:
- 21
- Weight:
- 76
- Gender:
- Female
- Nationality:
- Norwegian
- Experience level:
- Intermediate
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- Backwinds
- Factors:
- Uneven Trimmers
Description
she was 5 take-offs from upgrading licence.
No beacon but was observed of 20 tourists at the top of the gondola.
Main reason of occurrence: Trimmers were 5cm uneven which led the pilot to turn and run against the gondola wire.
The launch should have been aborted.
She had a turn right after take-off and was not able to correct this before she hit the gondola wire. She fell down from the gondola wire about 60m and hit the mountain. According to doctor she died instantly.
Link to the Norwegian rapport of the incident: https://www.nlf.no/.../19.06.27_nlf-hps...
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