Accident Database

Report ID#68916

2020-05-01
accident date
Yalil Kuvandykov
victim
n/a
victim age
Inzer River
river
n/a
section
n/a
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
II
river difficulty
Equipment Trap
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Solo Paddling, One Boat Trip
factors
Private
trip type
Packraft
boat type
status?
status

Description

A Russian man, Yalil Kuvandykov, was seen to overturn in his boat on the Inzer River, Russia. Rescuers were notified, but unable to save him. One article suggests that he was missing for days, but I suspect this is just a google translate issue. What is clear is that Yalil had a leash attaching himself to the boat and was trapped by the leash (not the black rope in the photo below – that is part of the coaming). This is the first verified packraft fatality due to entanglement. Yalil also had fishing equipment and a perimeter line on the bow that ripped through one of the tie-down attachment points. It is unclear if these were involved in the fatality. https://thingstolucat.com/2019/08/15/packraft-fatalities/ https://mkset.ru/news/incident/06-05-2020/v-bashkirii-32-letnego-pogibshego-muzhchinu-nashli-privyazannym-k-lodke https://www.ufa.kp.ru/online/news/3858152/ https://gorobzor.ru/novosti/proisshestviya/42030-v-bashkirii-obnaruzhili-telo-muzhchiny-v-reke https://yandex.ru/turbo/s/gtrk.tv/novosti/172630-bashkirii-reke-inzer-nashli-telo-propavshego-rybaka