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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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12.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Kimmeridge
United Kingdom |
Paraglider
Wing:
Launch Type:
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Helicopter flew low over site.
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12.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
55
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Little Atherfield Farm
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Turbulent |
Powered HG
Wing:
Wills Wing Eagle 164
Engine:
Doodlebug Power Unit
Launch Type:
Powered |
First landing approach was too high, pilot made a second attmept which was still too high. He overshot and flew to an alternative field but flew into rotor behind a hedge causing the aircraft to stall twice before impacting the ground.
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Knocked unconcious, Bleeding from nose, general bruising. |
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12.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
Pilot |
Thornhill
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Solar Wings
Scandal Xkr
Launch Type:
Aero Tow |
Pilot misjudged landing approach and undershot the intended landing field. He collided with a tall bush resulting in the glider sustaining structural damage.
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11.05.2002 |
Female
Age:
43
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Bossington
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Matrix
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Following a soaring flight the pilot flew downwind at 500ft agl to land at the car park. At 250ft the canopy suffered a major collapse. The pilot chose to throw her emergency parachute which opened immediately. She landed uninjured.
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11.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
35
Rating:
Club Pilot |
West Firle
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Swing
Mistral 2
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot performing 360 degree turns whilst low. During one turn the glider encountered sinking air with the result that he was unable to complete the turn, the pilot impacted the hill.
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Cracked/Fractured L1 Vertibrae |
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11.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
33
Rating:
Advanced Pilot |
Bradwell Edge
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h
Conditions:
Gusts |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Icaro
2000
Launch Type:
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Pilot approaching top landing field misjudged windstrength and made his final turn too low leaving insufficient height to clear a wall at the downwind end of the field. The pilot landed cross wind behind the wall.
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05.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
46 |
Monks Down
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Xbow
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Hang glider pilot nosed in whilst top landing in a small field. Was seen to approach with insufficient airspeed.
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knee grase |
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05.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
Pilot |
Monks Down
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Airwave
Magic Iv
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot misjudged wind strength on landing approach which resulted in his landing approach being too far back behind landing field. He narrowly avoided a collision with a barbed wire fence.
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05.05.2002 |
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Monks Down
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
32-40 km/h |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Solar Wings
Scandal
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
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05.05.2002 |
Male
Age:
41
Rating:
Pilot |
Corndon
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
La Mouette- Topless 1
Launch Type:
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Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction which resulted in a downwind landing. The glider landed on its wheels then ground looped.
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