Resisting the urge to gradually start half-assing all of the above because "eh, it worked the last 100 times" inspecting your glider regularly and before each flight) Refusing to fly when / where you know you probably shouldn't.įollowing proper safety procedures religiously (e.g. Using standard, safe equipment appropriate for your levelįlying within your limits. Instead of armoring yourself, you can improve your safety by:Īcquiring and using the necessary training and knowledge
HANG GLIDER ACCIDENT HOW TO
Your instructor will guide you I how to stay safe.Īs others have said, aviation safety relies on avoiding accidents rather than minimizing impact of an accident that already happened. The damage to the equipment was the thing that bothered me the most.
I broke a pinky, and did $200 damage to my down tubes and bracket. The ground caught and held that corner, of course, bringing my flight to an abrupt halt. I once blew a landing because I was not paying attention and flew right past the end of the landing field at about 100 feet of altitude before realizing and doing a low level 180 (that I should not have done, I should have continued on straight and landed on the road in front of me) which resulted in me "skimming" the grass with the left lower corner of my control bar. If you completely let go of the controls and allowed the glider to fly itself into the ground, odds are really good that you would escalate without much more than a scratch. Yes, it is possible to dive into the ground hard enough to do some real damage, despite the harness and helmet, but you really have to work hard at it. The only part the would matter there is the keel, anyway. You will be wearing a harness that prevents your torso from coming into contact with anything, and you'll be wearing a helmet to protect your noggin from hitting the frame of the glider. I have literally lost more flying buddies to cancer and car accidents than I have to accidents that happened while they were flying. Where pilots get into trouble is pushing beyond their ability levels and trying to fly where and/or when they should not. It's about as dangerous as riding a mountain bike. A beginner's hang glider flies at a little more than 20 mph when in the takeoff and landing cycles, and the frame of the glider is designed to form a crumple zone protecting the pilot. Let's think about the mechanics involved, here. When good judgment is exercised, the most serious injury I've seen is a sprained ankle or pulled muscle on launch. I don't want to downplay the inherent risks associated with hang gliding, but.
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