Man charged with failing to report death of BASE jumper Ash Cosgriff

A man has been charged with failing to report the death of a BASE jumper who was killed after jumping from Australia's tallest tower in January.

Ash Cosgriff, 23, a skydiver and BASE jumper from New South Wales, plummeted to his death from the 432-metre-high Omega tower, at Giffard, about 200 kilometres east of Melbourne on January 25.

On Thursday, a Victoria Police spokesman revealed a 33-year-old man from Benowa in Queensland was last week charged on summons with failing to report a death to the coroner, and trespass on a Department of Defence property.

He is due to face Sale Magistrates Court on December 1.

Mr Cosgriff was an experienced skydiver who also did BASE jumps - leaping from buildings, antenna, span, and earth with a parachute that is opened close to the ground.

Police have previously said that a parachute malfunction had probably caused Mr Cosgriff's death.