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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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22.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
21
Rating:
Club Pilot |
France |
Wing:
Launch Type:
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The zipper holding the back section of a Lubin TX 11 harness burst during flight.
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22.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Firle
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Harmony
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
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Ruptured tendon, right leg. |
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22.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
33 |
Tintin Epidavros
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Gin
Bandit
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilkot misjudged his landing approach resulting in him overshooting into some trees.
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FR (L) humerus, bruised rib, bruised (L) thigh. |
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21.09.2001 |
Female
Age:
35
Rating:
Pilot |
Montmin, Col De La Forclaz
France
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
X-Act
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pink Nova fabric tore easily . The glider was three years old and had been flown for 79 hours.
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18.09.2001 |
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United Kingdom |
Wing:
Moyes
Xtralight
Launch Type:
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Two carbon fibre dive sticks broke in separate incidents, one on an extacy the other an xtralight sx2.
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15.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
39
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h |
Powered PG
Wing:
Engine:
Launch Type:
Powered |
Pilot failed to execute an emergency canopy collapse following an aborted forward launch. Part of the canopy contacted the motor causing damage to the lines and prop.
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11.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
33 |
Sourton Tor
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Electron
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student flew into a rocky outcrop during an extended top to bottom flight. .
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Two broken legs. |
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10.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
51
Rating:
Pilot |
Plaine Joux
France
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Avian
Amour
Launch Type:
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Batten trapped under the mylar leading edge caused severe turn in flight, pilot didnt realise until hed landed.
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09.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
44 |
Scottish Aerotow Centre, Thornhill.
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h |
Paraglider
Wing:
Edel
Apollo
Launch Type:
Winch Tow |
Following a tow release at 400ft the pilot initiated a 360 degree turn. Before completing the turn he realised that he was very low, and so tried to tighten the turn. The canopy left wingtip then stalled and the canopy spun into the ground.
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Fr (R) tibia |
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05.09.2001 |
Male
Age:
30 |
Ditchling Bottom
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Edel
Atlas
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Student applied too much control following launch, eased up after being instructed to do so, as he eased up the canopy pitched forward and the student impacted the slope.
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Fr ankle. |
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