Skydiving fatality in Piła, Greater Poland, Poland, 24 September 2023

SFL-2023-043 · Cause: No pull / low pull

Unconfirmed Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.

Incident

Date
24.09.2023
Country
Poland
Drop zone
Piła airfield
Place
Piła, Greater Poland
Context
Sport / fun jump
Phase
Deployment

Jumper

Gender
Male
Age
50

Cause

Category
No pull / low pull

What happened

Neither the main nor the reserve parachute deployed and he hit the ground at the airfield. Police did not know whether he had tried to deploy the reserve. The PKBWL opened an investigation.

Sources

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