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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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19.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
54
Rating:
AP |
Chillerton
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
0-5 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Zeno
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot slope landed but wind shifted pulling the pilot down the slope. Pilot put foot in rabbit hole and fell over.
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Seriously Injured:
Feet, Legs
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18.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
29 |
Bo-Peep
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
15-20 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Moderate Turbulence |
Flexwing Hang Glider
Wing:
Aeros
Target
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot flew too slow on his landing approach. The glider stalled and dropped the left wing. The pilot landed heavily.
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Seriously Injured:
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
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12.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
25
Rating:
CP |
Pandy
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
10-15 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Launch Type:
Foot |
Recently qualified pilot flew into leeside turbulence causing his glider to collapse. Pilot landed in rocks. Pilot was not a member of the local club and the site was classed as members only.
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Seriously Injured:
Feet, Legs
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12.04.2019 |
Female
Age:
55
Rating:
Pilot |
Primrose Valley,
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
15-20 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Strong Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Sky Paragliders
Anakis 2
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot attempted a top landing at a coastal site but was caught out by rotor turbulence. Glider suffered a frontal collapse and the pilot landed heavily sustaining serious injuries.
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Seriously Injured |
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10.04.2019 |
Male |
West Fell
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
10-15 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Atom
Launch Type:
Foot |
Instructor was caught out by sudden (over a 20 second period) increase in wind strength. Ground handling student was dragged spraining his ankle and bruising his ribs.
|
Minor Injuries |
|
10.04.2019 |
Male |
West Fell
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
10-15 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Sup Air
Iona
Launch Type:
Foot |
Instructor was caught out by sudden (over a 20 second period) increase in wind strength. This resulted in a student having to make a top landing but was then dragged.
|
Minor Injuries |
|
10.04.2019 |
|
United Kingdom |
Other
Wing:
N/a
Launch Type:
|
A service centre discovered that the bridle on a Gin Gingo Airlite harness had been sewn into the seem of the harness during manufacture. The seam was unpicked and the bridle released, then the seam repaired.
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02.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
46
Rating:
CP |
Lijar Levente
Spain
Wind Strength:
5-10 Km/h
Conditions:
Moderate
Moderate Turbulence |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 8
Launch Type:
Foot |
Pilot hit sink on landing approach and landed heavily.
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Minor Injuries:
Lumbar Spine
|
|
02.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
55
Rating:
Pilot |
Col du Forclaz
France
Wind Strength:
5-10 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
777
King
Launch Type:
Foot |
The pilot's glider displayed parachutal (deep stall) characteristics throughout an SIV course. On the final full stall of the third run of the second day the glider exited with two small cravats. As the pilot turned towards the landing/shore the glider went in to parachutal (deep stall). The glider on this occasion recovered quickly but with the subsequent height loss the pilot only had enough height to do a down wind landing approach with one cravat/big ear still in. To turn into wind would have risked a further stall. As the pilot was running off his excess speed he fell fracturing his arm.
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Seriously Injured:
Hands, Arms, Shoulder
|
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01.04.2019 |
Male
Age:
20
Rating:
CP |
Pandy
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
10-15 Km/h
Conditions:
Calm
Not Turbulent |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Alpha 6
Launch Type:
Foot |
While ridge soaring the pilot turned away from the slope too late and collided with the slope.
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Minor Injuries:
Feet, Legs
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