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Due to recent (and repeated) wingsuit accidents with the same background I would like to find best answers to this question.

Why and in what case should I pull?
I would try to fly it out in any circumstances!

Markus

Good question!

really short rock drop, you're down even if you pull...
Like High ultimate...

i think it really depends of the height of the jump, and the possibility of out flying before impacting.

Bad exit will result to a high peak of stress and lead to a bad pull, close to the wall etc...

my 2cents

it's hard to say because the situation is never identical
but in the moment if I think it's possible I prefer to fly away with a maximum power

I don't mean to sound glib but...

The real solution is to not jump do or die sites until you have built up the experience to minimize your chance of an exit so bad that you couldn't recover it in time.

If you are two close to fly it out, you are probably too close to pull. I've heard of people pulling 2 seconds after exit and getting away with it, but I wouldn't fancy it.

If you are obviously not going to fly it out, I guess your only option is to pull and hope to get lucky and minimize injuries.

There is a video floating around of a guy well into a flight that is sinking lower and lower into the valley and he eventually pulls super low and got away with it. If he had tried to fly out of it I doubt he would have succeed.

It's all well and good to think and plan these things ahead of time, but you also need to constantly assess what is happening and make the best judgment for the current situation.

Flight begins at 3:20.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBiAo9FD31Q

 
Yea, shows how easy it is to get into trouble on unfamiliar terrain. Knowing what was after that ridge he would've separated sooner of course.