Paragliding. Collapse, crash.

Hard conditions, very strong wind gusts ( majority of pilots decided not to fly down ), no reaction to a collapse. Pilot is ok, I wish him fast recovery and I hope we will see each other in the sky soon. At Góra Szybowcowa, Jeżów Sudecki.

#paragliding #crash #collapse

[fun]

I saw this video a few times to see what went wrong. Right from take off, the pilot is flying hands up. No active piloting at all. In windy, gusty conditions you need to have slight pressure on your brake lines always gauging the pitch response of your glider. At 0:18 he is already leaning left most likely to go in for a left turn when the gust hits. Can see he/she using no pressure on left brakes to induce the turn. Again hands up. Then wing tucks and glider turns, pilot is in no position to counter steer. Active piloting, Active piloting, Active piloting !!

[canerkaptanoglu]

i experienced a similar one at 30 meters during landing approach, %70 collapsed with no recovery or no time to react, i fell on newly plowed farm soil and survived with a broken pelvic bone and minor spinal injury

[scottw]

And that's why I flew with tubes, it takes 25-30 min to set up, but no collapses.

[magnificentmuttley]

Getting a tuck at that low altitude is very unlucky but it certainly can happen. I had one, years ago, on a not too gusty day at about 300ft AGL and the ground was suddenly racing up to kill me, when the wing suddenly re-inflated - just in time, I might add!! I was able to land and sat around for a while before taking off again, in smoother air.

[centaurixon]

I am not sure what to think about the pilot reaction really. When the glider goes up like that, you should put your hands up to in order not to stall it. Then when the glider starts to pitch forward again, you will brake it down. But the pilot already has his hands up so no way he can lift them even more. Maybe he should have started to brake shortly before the collapse and when he (probably) felt the brakes lines start to feel lose? What do you guys think? I fly a lot without thinking about this stuff actively, I rather feel my glider and do these kind of things automatically I guess. But its so hard to judge how yourself would perform in that exact same moment.

[binsel]

He seems to be weightshifted to the lelf just before the collapse, making counter shift harder on time. The glider just needed some height to recover.

[penguinista]

Needed to fly the remaining half to the glider straight, but ended up releasing brake and letting it fly around the deflated half of the wing before it re-inflated.
Immediate weight shift to the right upon collapse and maintaining pressure on right brake can keep the glider flying straight-ish. That means you have less than half lift, so likely to settle down onto ground, but avoid the spiral into the ground that way. Really need the wing pointed downhill when the left half re-inflates.
Shouldn't be leaning that hard and braking that hard so close to the ground on gusty day and needs to respond to collapse much more quickly.
Be conservative about what kind of weather you choose to fly. Live to fly another day!

[johnfranborra]

Having flown airplanes for many years, I've come to the conclusion that sails and weight-shift lack enough positive control for my taste. I grew up during the hang glider craze of the early Seventies and have wanted to fly these light, simple gliders ever since; still would like to, but I'd want rigid wings, ailerons, elevators and a rudder.

[Mazby]

The wind was from the left ! Watch the drifting to the right and lifting, right side go up first!! warning on 0.15-0.16 small hit from left on stabilo. Should pull left and go front-wind.
After collapse, hard right brake to stop rotation nad fly on right side of wing... not much experience in strong gusts...sorry.

[prekotilSa]

im also beginner and i thought about side wind but many mention rotor

[frankquagmire]

Is there anything the pilot could have done to prevent the collapse? I am happy he is ok.

[yantiherni]

i am novice pilot, i still need to learn so i am wondering if it is pilot mistake or the pilot doing his best thing to do? can someone give me advice and what can learn from that?

[mateuszkozowski]

Cześć!
Szybka analiza świeżaka-->
0:17 sygnał skrzydła (napięta sterówka) ?
0:18-0:20 Zła reakcja? Czy w 0:20s dupka nie powinna już być na prawej połówce ?
0:21 - Czy doszło do przeciągnięcia ?

Pytania świeżaka --> czy dało się tego uniknąć ? Czy można ocenić co było bezpośrednia przyczyną klapy ? Mocny "strzał" wiatru?
Żadna ironia, hejt, wytykanie błędów etc. zwykłe przemyślenia początkującego. Na takich materiałach się uczę ;)
Zapraszam do dyskusji i do ewentualnego poprawienia mnie.
P.S. Zdaje sobie sprawę, że na filmie to 3s, a w powietrzu to jest moment - 0, 001s ;)

[bozmar]

I feel much safer with my single surface beginner hang glider Falcon ... I have low speed and never collapses.

[someguydino]

sorry kids; you gotta understand that there are trade offs; in this case the convenience of NOT having an airframe on your glider means THAT IT CAN TURN INTO A PILE OF FABRIC AT ANYTIME AND THEN YOU FALL.
The inflatable wing sounds like a great idea; but learn to hang glide; you'll still have trade offs but you will be A LOT SAFER!

[claudimardrone]

Aconteceu isso comigo decolei de Ihumas pra Petrolina depois ir de boa pra Santa Rosa e deu PT.

[philippecottaz]

La fermeture de 50% la voile a cette altitude est difficilement récupérable (surtout qu on vient de decoller car pas on n'est pas encore etabli dans la selette).
Il n'y a pas de fausse manip du pilote.
mais un contre selette aurait evité une rotation de 90degré

[markstafford]

Possible rotor? Definitely more pressure on brake lines.

[johnnyveganite]

Trees, same with skydiving - under canopy

[sandrainthesky]

There wasn't any pitch control also, the glider was in the perfect position the collapse with the gust. ...and brake pressure as others have said.