SFL-2025-051 · Cause: Equipment problem
Partially verified Facts as reported in the sources below. This is not an official investigation.
Incident
- Date
- 16.11.2025
- Country
- USA
- Drop zone
- Mile-Hi Skydiving Center
- Place
- Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado
- Context
- Sport / fun jump
- Jump type
- Wingsuit
Jumper
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Licence
- D
- Total jumps
- 515
- Years in sport
- 5
Cause
- Category
- Equipment problem
- Malfunction
- Other
What happened
Wingsuit jump. Witnesses saw him under a spinning main from about 3,000 ft until impact. The cause of the spin was not reported.
Lessons for safety
A spinning main that does not recover calls for an immediate cutaway and reserve.
Sources
- www.cbsnews.com Media
- www.uspa.org Federation, USPA 2025 fatality summary, case #13 (anonymous)
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