Incident
- ID:
- SFFL 85
- Incident category:
- Speed Flying Fatality List
- Date:
- 02. 03. 2022
- Time:
- —
- Cause of death:
- Failed maneuver
Equipment
- Wing:
- Gin Gliders › Nano
- Wing size:
- 13.0 m²
- Safety devices:
- —
Personal
- Name:
- Yann Delcourt
- Age:
- 39
- Weight:
- —
- Gender:
- Male
- Nationality:
- French
- Experience level:
- Beginner
- Experience description:
- Beginner/intermediate-level pilot (French beginner license "brevet de pilote initial", taking lessons on his way to an intermediate license "brevet de pilote")
- Time on wing:
- —
Circumstances
- Conditions:
- —
- Factors:
- Impact into rocks Piloting error
Description
Beginner/intermediate-level pilot. While practicing a ½-turn-to-hands-up manoeuver to lose altitude quickly, pulled a brake with excessive force which resulted in a ¾-turn and uncontrolled swooping straight into the ground, head against rocks.
Valfréjus. He kills himself during a speed riding class in Savoie (ledauphine.com)