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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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13.06.2004 |
Female
Age:
41
Rating:
Novice |
Kimmeridge
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Gusts |
Paraglider
Wing:
Sky
Fides
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student launched glider asymmetrically and was pulled over and dragged for approx 6m causing damage to shoulder.
|
fr shoulder |
|
13.06.2004 |
|
By River Yarty
United Kingdom
Conditions:
Variable |
Powered PG
Wing:
Action
29
Engine:
cyclone
Launch Type:
Powered |
Pilot landed seated and cross wind. Pilot uninjured but prop smashed and fuel tank split. Possible damage to wing.
|
none |
|
13.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Woolacombe
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Electron
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
At 10m and on finals, pilot encountered severe sink and landed very heavily.
|
compressed vertebra, nerve and tissue damage |
|
12.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
56
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Hay Bluff
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Airwave
K4
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot caught base bar on gorse bush on landing approach.
|
fr arm |
|
06.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Kimiridge
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
Xact
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot chose to take off from unsuitable area below the normal take off. He stood in rabbit hole on inflating the glider causing him to stumble and be dragged before regaining control of the glider.
|
dislocated ankle, fr leg |
|
06.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
43
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Bewaldeth
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h
Conditions:
Gusts |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Ariel Arts
Clubman 160
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot decided to land and put glider in steep turn to lose height. Glider entered a tumble and impacted heavily.
|
10 fr ribs, punctured lung. |
|
05.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
39
Rating:
Novice |
Strines
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Black Magic
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Student landed awkwardly having completed forward launch practice.
|
fr ankle |
|
05.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
41
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Bell Hill
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Z One
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Emergency chute deployed accidentally on approach for slope landing. Pilot landed heavily.
|
none |
|
03.06.2004 |
Male
Age:
55
Rating:
Novice |
Swyne Hill
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Z One
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student flared too late and caught leg under harness on landing,.
|
fr leg |
|
03.06.2004 |
Rating:
Novice |
Mt Caburn
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Student found himself 6m in the air on farward launch ground handle practice. Stalled glider and landed heavily on back.
|
none |
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