Incident reports for paraglider wings are displayed below in summary form.
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| Date |
Pilot |
Location |
Wing Type |
Summary |
Injury |
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08.10.2004 |
Male |
Cwm Parc
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Unknown pilot crashed while ridge soaring.
|
unknown |
|
02.10.2004 |
Male
Age:
43
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Woldingham
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Harley
Scirocco
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot caught out by wind strength over trees and blown back into rotor behind trees. Fell onto parked car.
|
none |
|
26.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
51
Rating:
Pilot |
Woolacombe
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Hornet
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot lost control of glider and crashed when in a hurry to launch in strong conditions.
|
fr tib |
|
05.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
45
Rating:
Pilot |
Plan Praz
France
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 4
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse due to turbulence and crashed into rocky cliffside.
|
Fatal. |
|
04.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
27
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Mt Caburn
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Wave
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot encountered unexpected (though predictable) sink while ridge soaring. This resulted in a very fast slope landing attempt.
|
fr tib and fib |
|
03.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
36
Rating:
Club Pilot |
France
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Matrix
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot failed to execute a good forward launch from a small technical take off area. Glider caught bushes and pilot crashed before taking off.
|
fr ribs |
|
02.09.2004 |
Male
Age:
57
Rating:
Novice |
Compton Bowl
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Atom
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student flew into bush having misjudged landing approach.
|
fr heal |
|
27.08.2004 |
Male
Age:
53 |
United Kingdom |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Electron
Launch Type:
|
Primary control pulley found to have failed (brake handle pulley). Pin dislodged and block missing.
|
none |
|
27.08.2004 |
Female
Age:
35
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Montmin
France
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Alpha 3
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot had midair while thermalling. Poor lookout by both pilots.
|
none |
|
14.08.2004 |
Male
Age:
53
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Brantside
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Epsilon 3
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot inflated glider to feel the air and was lifted off his feet and thrown into a boulder, he was then dragged into a dry stone wall before being dragged through the wall which then fell on top of him!.
|
dislo finger, bruising, back spasm |
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