Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 70
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 26. 06. 2019
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- —
Equipment
- Wing:
- Swing › Spitfire 2
- Wing size:
- 11.0 m²
- Safety devices:
- Unknown
Personal
- Name:
- Magnus Movik
- Age:
- —
- Weight:
- 72
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- Norwegian
- Experience level:
- Beginner
- Experience description:
- —
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Ground Low Manoeuvre
Description
Main reason of occurrence: Unknown, but the pilot was practicing barrel rolls and wingovers in the Aiguille du Midi area (Chamonix, French Alps).
He hit the mountain in high speed about 450m below take-off and was observed of climbers.
Link to the Norwegian rapport of the incident:
Aiguille du Midi: a speed rider dies after a fall of several hundred meters (francetvinfo.fr)
https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/un-speed-rider-se-tue-a-l-aiguille-du-midi-462319014245
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