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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31.05.2005 |
Male
Age:
54
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Ringstead
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Airwave
Wave
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot misjudged site and airflow resulting in a water landing. No dry option. V lucky!
|
none |
|
30.05.2005 |
Male
Age:
34
Rating:
Novice |
Wetton
United Kingdom |
Paraglider
Wing:
Launch Type:
|
Student fractured collar bone while practicing PLFs prior to flight training.
|
fr clavicle |
|
17.05.2005 |
Male
Age:
40
Rating:
Novice |
Truleigh Hill
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Ozone
Mojo
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student suffered asymmetric collapse at 10m and hit hillside.
|
fr heel |
|
15.05.2005 |
Male
Age:
41
Rating:
Novice |
Curium
Cyprus
Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Advance
Alpha 2
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student allowed glider to overfly on launch pulling pilot over.
|
minor abrasions to face, arm and calf |
|
09.05.2005 |
Male
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Combe Gibbet
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Edel
Promise
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot initiated symmetric collapse by pulling b rather than a lines for big ears. Glider then entered spin with cravatte.
|
none |
|
23.04.2005 |
Male
Age:
35
Rating:
Pilot |
St Cyrus
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Variable |
Paraglider
Wing:
Windtech
Quarx
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot stalled glider by flying too slowly and in wrong area.
|
bruised back |
|
23.04.2005 |
Male
Age:
48
Rating:
Pilot |
Refugio Di Perugia
Italy
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Nova
Carbon
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Pilot suffered multiple asymmetric collapses prior to deploying emergency chute. Probably due to flying through unforseen rotor.
|
none |
|
21.04.2005 |
Male
Age:
55
Rating:
Pilot |
High And Over
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Thermic |
Paraglider
Wing:
Windtech
Serac
Launch Type:
Foot (Forward) |
Pilot top landed and reached for A risers to deflate canopy. At this point he was lifted 3ft into the air then dragged back into a ditch.
|
fr arm |
|
16.04.2005 |
Male
Age:
36
Rating:
Club Pilot |
Fransham
United Kingdom
Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Firebird
Z One
Launch Type:
Winch Tow |
Pilot suffered line break at 1000ft but did not realise line was still connected. Flew with training line until line snagged on trees. pilot threw emergency parachute and landed safely.
|
none |
|
11.04.2005 |
Female
Age:
26
Rating:
Novice |
Curium
Cyprus
Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h
Conditions:
Smooth/Steady |
Paraglider
Wing:
Gin
Bolero 2
Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse) |
Student was lifted off ground during reverse launch attempt, then pulled wrong control resulting in a turn into the hillside.
|
fr tibia |
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