NZHGPA AIRS (Responses)


1	Date of occurrence	Time	Region	Type of occurrence	Purpose of flight	Phase of flight	What happened	Degree of injury	Location of main injury	Other injury details	Pilot experience on glider	Glider damage	Helmet	Harness	Reserve	Site location	Site rating	Site familiarity	Wind speed	Wind dir	Wind conditions	Other info	Other wx info	Aircraft type	Pilot cert
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6	3-09-2016	2:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Launch	Take off at Christchurch gondola a site I am very familiar with, conditions were some sea breeze and some thermal, I had seen two pilots take of prior to my launch without any specific problems other than some mild mixing lift mid way between the Launch start and Cliff edge and this is a common occurrence. I Launched and felt good nice straight wing good inflation shortly after getting airborne I got picked up by likely rotar and rapidly to about 50 ft. I was aware of this and allowed the glider to fly and was waiting to come out the other side. I then had a sudden 80% asymmetric on the left which I had missed the brief initial warning. I Recovered the asymmetric and the glider shot infant I caught surge then was swinging back under glider however was too low and invetibley going to hit the ground.I had not yet cleared the cliff edge at the Gondola, I impacted on my arse about 4m from cliff edge on solid ground and new instantly my back was broken, I then fell to my left and was conscious. I stayed lying and still. I could move my fingers and toes, my legs and arms . I had extreme lower back pain and new not to move. I called for help and other pilots flying came to help Asher and Blake were the main people. I was measured they were there. I advised them my back was broken and we would need a helicopter. Blake did a primary survey and the emergency services were contacted. Blake and Asher kept the scene safe and managed the wing , other pilots making sure people didn't take of or that they had landed. They kept me measured and calm. The Helicopter arrived after what felt like 30 to 40 mins and I was managed as a spinal injury and transported to Christchurch hospital.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	Fracture T 12 to L2 with L 1 burst fracture requiring surgical stabilisation.	1hr	none	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed, Base reserve with round as second reserve neither deployed		Not known	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable, Moderate gusts, Thermals	I am grateful for the pilots that were present and the way they handled the situation it made a huge difference to my outcome. I am doctor and had neurology in my right leg due to spinal cord compression that resolved after theatre. If I had been managed in an inappropriate manner I could well have been paralysed. I have been flying an Icaro instinct Acro 2 size 20 from that site with the same harness for 2 years now. It is my local and most frequently used site for flying and training basic aerobatics. The accident I feel was a combination of errors and bad luck as often is he case. I should probably have not taken off my flight before my head had not been in the right place, I was aware I should have taken off at the previous launch site which I know takes the conditions that were present better, seeing two pilots launch before made be more relaxed about taking off in the conditions even though I knew they were borderline. My new wing was familiar but with shorter break set up and more energy its collapse was aggressive and less predictable than my previous glider, my reactions were a bit slower and even though I made the correct inputs possibly over input in fact, I should not have let the wing collapse initially. The weather conditions for the site weren't ideal and borderline for my ability with the glider I had and ideal should not have taken off. Finally I had some bad luck. I am well at home and walking which is great but will have a slow recovery. I am certainly overall the underlying reason for the accident.	I had previously taken off from the site without difficulty but at another launch more suitable for the conditions.	Paraglider
7	1-07-2016	3:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Local recreation	Landing	Misjudged landing approach resulted in impact with lamp post and wing in tree. Assisted from tree by fire service. No damage or injury.				1	No	Open face	Stirrup, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Skyline Gondola	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable		Mild gorge winds	Paraglider
8	16-08-2016	11:00:00 AM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	High speed descent from Gondola launch. planned to do two 360 turns and then turn towards club building before starting a 270 deg diving turn to landing. Came in too low and failed to pull out of dive before impact. Landed with feet to one side and first impact on tail bone.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	Fracture L1, L2, T11. 2 days and one night hospital	180 flights	No	Open face	Stirrup	Not carried		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm	I was kept still until ambulance arrived.		Speed wing	PG2 or Int
9	1-10-2016	2:30:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)	Local recreation	Take off run	One wing took off the other one did not.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Lower limbs	A scratch on my leg	Less than 20	Broken keel dentedleading edge and abent down tube.	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Kennedy park	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	North east	Steady			Hang glider	PG2 or Int
10	8-10-2016	2:30:00 PM	Southern	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Ground handling	Got draged into a car while ground handeling.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine		4		Open face	Basic	Not carried	Frankton beach	Not rated	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	South west	Strong gusts			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
11	22-10-2016	6:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Ground handling	Conditions were fairly gusty and switchy, maybe gusting up to 20 kts or a bit less. I picked up the glider on takeoff to feel the air and prematurely became airborne. The glider lifted 2-3 metres off the ground in a stalled state, 10-20 degrees left of the true wind direction. The glider travelled about 10 meters laterally across launch veering to the left and I was unable to get it turned into wind. It landed hard on its left side and flipped upside down. I don't know exactly how I impacted but had a lot of pain in my back and breathing was difficult. The rescue helicopter was called. There was clearly no spinal cord damage and no head impact. Injuries turned out to be soft tissue bruising across my back and some cracked ribs, plus a few other bumps and scrapes. I have less than 1 hour on the new glider and obviously my angle of attack on launch was too high.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Chest		1	1 upright. Yet to do a sail-off inspection	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts, Strong gusts			Hang glider	PG2 or Int
12	2-10-2016	3:30:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	The accident happened at Trebble Cone not far from the landing zone parallel to the carpark in the valley. It was a cloudy day with occasional little rainshowers from time to time. I wanted to finish my skiing day with a flight down into the valley. I waited for the clouds to climb above pub corner so I could launch without being in the clouds and see the landing from up there. I took off with my 14m fazer, everything went well. I was just about to approach the landing when I decided to do a last 360. I must have completely misjuged the distance to the ground that was left. I expected to have enough height after the 360 to easily glide towards the spot where i wanted to land. Instead while turning my wing started diving much harder than I thought it would and brought me with so much speed directly to the ground that I couldn't even react anymore and crashed into it. Or maybe I reacted and pulled the brakes, no idea, because from the moment when I realized that I didn't have any control of the situation (a couple of meters from the ground) to the moment I woke up lying on my back I have not the slightest idea what happened. I'm quite sure I even noticed much earlier, after about 180 degrees of turning, that something was going wrong. But I was so surprised and everything happened so fast that somehow I was not able to react and stop turning. All in all a 100% my fault, surely a huge lack of experience (I only had about 20 speedwing flights before) as well as a complete overestimation of my pilot skills.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine, Abdomen			No	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Trebble Cone	Not known	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)		Calm		Low rain clouds	Speed wing	IPPI IV
13	13-11-2016	1:00:00 PM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Approach to landing	The student involved in this incident had completed a full introduction day, including 4 training hill flights (50m) dated 30, 10, 2016. The pilot was on her first day of high flights and on the 3rd flight when this incident occurred at 1pm on the 13, 11, 16. The pilot was on a base leg of a landing approach for an Easterly wind into the flight park, she was flying north on this base leg towards the forestry block when she became fixated on the trees and flew straight into the tree tops at the edge of the landing field. She was instructed in many different ways to turn right 90 degrees out and away from the trees onto her final glide, however this did not occur. The glider landed cleanly into the trees and pilot climbed down easily, uninjured. The glider was taken out from the trees with no damage. After this incident and a thorough debrief the pilot went back up to takeoff to continue hers days training which ended in 4 high flights.				30mins	no damage	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed		Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Calm			Paraglider	Student
14	14-11-2016	12:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Tandem ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of any other people involved).	Launch	Commercial tandem pilot had a failed launch on take-off at Coronet Peak. This was most likely due to the pilot choosing to launch at an in-appropriate time with the wind being inconsistent at the time of the start of the run. During the take-off run, the left wing tip dropped and dragged in the tussock placing the glider into a left hand stalled turn so that the glider spun back into the side of the hill. Glider came to rest facing back towards the hill. No injury to pilot or passenger but glider suffered a broken down tube.				1 hour	Broken down tube	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South east	Variable			Hang glider	Tandem
15	19-11-2016	10:30:00 AM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Launch	Frontal collapse just on take off. Wing sat back with updraft on launch and dived. The dive was not sufficently dappened. Frontal callapse, reinflated but the wing had turned into hill	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine	bruising only	4hrs	No	Open face	Basic	Not carried		Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North	Variable, Thermals	Conditions were light thermals. Barnhart was nearly completing his course and was trying out one of the popular chch sites for the first time. Was sent to hospital, scanned. No breaks but a compression of a verta.bra and some bruising. Walked out after been given the OK On pain killers but back to work on thurs Recommendation: Due to the unpredictable nature of the gondola it will not now be used for Student training.	Wind was light thermal. Max 10km. The chch gondola has a verticle face that creats an updraft. If the thermal is of sufficent strength the wing will pitch back and requires dapening. This situation occurs just after take off. If the pilot is still getting adjusted in their harness they possibly may not be ready for this occurance.	Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
16	19-11-2016	10:30:00 AM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Tandem ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of any other people involved).	Landing	Tandem hang gliding pilots trying to land at Flight Park with paragliding students all over landing field kiting their paragliders. No clear landing lines for pilots to execute a safe unhindered landing.										Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South east	Turbulent			Hang glider	Tandem
17	10-11-2016	1:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Cross country	Climbing	Large Asymetric Collapse at low altitude from the mountain.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine	Burst Fracture of T12 vertebrae	2	none	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Launch Tebble Cone, Accident at End Peak	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Variable, Thermals		Gusty Thermls	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
18	3-12-2016	2:15:00 PM	Aorangi	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Descent maneouvre	quite a strong updraught from the sea breeze mixed with thermals at sandymount in dunedin, I wanted to come down, tried some turns but was still going up so decided to use little ears, my wing has hybrid paramotor risers which are combined so I was a little confused and pulled the rear lines as apposed to the a lines, causing a stall, plumeted to the ground from approx 30m, wing did not start flying again, I completely understand what I did wrong and have a new wing on the way with seperate lines on the risers so I can clearly pull the proper tabs next time for correct little ears application. Fractured pelvis on the left hand side, one night in hospital and now on crutches.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Superior pubic ramus fracture, Static fracture so I can walk on it without creating more problems	20	None but I think I will make it redundant as I have a new wing now.	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried	Sandymount, Otago peninsula	Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Steady, Thermals	Very much learned from this mistake, I understand what I did wrong and won't be doing it again!	Good lift	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
19	3-12-2016	2:05:00 PM	Bay of Plenty	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Launch	Glider reached top of the window Glenn broke the glider and began to turn as he turned he collapsed saying I've done my knee. Glider was controlled through the entire incident.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Torn Patella tendon required surgery to reattach.	1hrs flying 9hrs ground handling	NIL	Open face	With certified back protection	Not carried	Mount Maunganui East Face	Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	East	Steady	4 other students had launched without problem prior to this happening. Wind and conditions where perfect.	Nil	Paraglider	Student
20	7-12-2016	6:45:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Whilst approaching the landing I had an asymmetric collapse which caused me to fall about 3 metres, breaking my lower right leg on impact.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs		35	No	Open face	Basic	Not carried, Wouldn't have been effective	Alandale, Summit Road	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	NE at launch, then changed to W	Calm		Wind direction changed, was mixed at landing site	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
21	12/6/2016	6:00:00 AM	Hawkes bay	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Launch	I built a wall, lifted the wing and as i turned it collapsed a little on the LH side and I was lifted off but did not control the wing or correct the direction that the wing flew in as a result. It was basically out of control from that point and the wing went over to LH side of the hill, I did not clear the hill and the wing caught on the rocks, I was catapulted off, spun around and was dropped hard down onto the side of the hill	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Chest	7 broken ribs and a puntured lung	61.5	not sure - haven't looked yet	Open face	Stirrup	Carried but not deployed	Te Mata Peak	Above Int or Pg2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Steady			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
22	12/20/2016	7:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	Sharp left hand turn on landing approach, left side of wing started to turn negative. Went hands up and wing didn't recover before I hit the ground. Felt parachutal	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine		30	None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Coronet	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
23	12/31/2016	4:20:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)	Local recreation	Gliding	I launched my Little Cloud Spiruline 18 from the main launch site at Mangawhai Heads. The wind was around 20km/hr and quite northerly. I did one soaring pass to the north and then back to the main face before heading north again following the ridgeline. Because of the northerly aspect of the wind I was unable to gain much height, so was tracking more or less level with the ridgeline attempting to find more lift. At a point slightly south of the house on top of the hill the wing started feeling a bit mushy, so I started to turn away from the hill. I then felt a sudden collapse of the left side of the wing before it immediately lost height and turned to the right. Before I had time to react further I dropped vertically into a low canopy of manuka bushes on a steep slope below the top of the ridge. The bushes cushioned the impact so I was uninjured apart from a slight knock to the elbow. I managed to extricate my glider, which was undamaged, and managed to make my way to the driveway at the top of the ridge by bush-bashing. A number of people on the beach witnessed the incident and alerted the surf lifesaving club members on duty. I was able to wave to let them know I was OK and that no assistance was required.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Upper limbs	Sustained a slight bump to the elbow and various cuts and scratches from cutty-grass and gorse while bush-bashing back to the road on the ridge.	~200	None	Full face	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried	Mangawhai Heads	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North	Steady	This incident was solely sue to pilot error. The collapse was almost certainly due to mechanical turbulence coming from one of the small spines to the north of my position when I crashed. In future I will be much more wary about scratching low and close to the ridge at this site when the wind is from a northerly direction.		Paraglider	PG2 or Int
24	12/27/2016	3:15:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)	Local recreation	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	Top landed for a touch and go, but accidentally dropped wing behind me which then snagged on the front of a Ute in nearby car park. Causing damage to wing and Minor ornament damage to Ute. (spoke to owner of Ute and have come to arrangements)	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Head	No injurys		Yes as on previous page	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Maori bay	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South west	Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
25	12/26/2017	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Aerobatic maneouvre	Take off from treble cone on speed flying, flew away from the hills then did a barrel couldn't retrieve and crash into the hill	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	Damage nerves monitor, dislocated right ankle, metal plate to support spin	15	Lines to change but need to check	Full face	Basic	Not carried		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Calm			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
26	1/6/2017	2:00:00 PM	Auckland	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Ground handling	Climbed about half way up hill to free fly, while ground handling to sort out wing got lifted with a large cravat on LH side of wing, glider spun and headed down wind, was dragged over flax bushes.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Abdomen	Very sore neck, head impact with sand / flax	10		Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Mahuta gap, Dargaville	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Steady			Paraglider	Motor (PPG or PHG)
27	12/28/2016	1:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Competition	Landing	lumpy southerly conditions on landing at tremble cone landing. Landing consistent with Southerly comping round west of TC. set up for landing into west wind. Wind changed direction from east with southerly filling on from end peak and then back. May ave been edge of nasty thermal. Large gust from behind followed by significant height loss on final. lost 10m height dramatically, loss of height too quick to react fully landed at speed with full flare Into rock. got self to hospital. broken ankle. Cause: Nasty wind shift on final approach prob exerhabated by greater than expected handling dynamic from glider being flown 13Kg above weight certification. glider grounded to be replaced to pilot weight spec.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	Ozone Vibe 2001 current warrant.	20	no	Open face, Certified for flight	Stirrup, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Trebble cone	Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South	Strong gusts		Southerly comping round both ends of valley. changeable	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
28	1/21/2017	10:00:00 AM	Auckland	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Ground handling	Jude pulled wing up. The wing went left and Jude centred to compensate. She fell and broke her leg. She was then dragged a bit before others could help to pull down the wing.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs		70	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	North Head. Auckland	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts		Cloudy	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
29	1/28/2017	11:22:00 AM	Southern	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Take off run	Pilot was launching from a grassy slope but tripped on tussock grass and fell breaking his arm.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs	Fracture of Left humerus	1	Nil	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Coronet Peak PG tandem launch 44°55'36.31"S 168°44'49.36"E	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Variable	Pilot was a HGFA visiting PG3 pilot.		Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
30	1/28/0017	1:30:00 PM	Southern	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Glider collapse while maneuvering onto final glide, glider stalled estimated 8m above ground. Not recovered before impact.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs	Dislocated left elbow, joint relocated on the field, air lifted to Dunedin as assessment indicated fractures, no radial pulse, no fracture evident on x-ray and so not admitted.	120	no	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Treble Cone landing zone	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Moderate gusts, Thermals			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
31	12/24/2016	9:00:00 AM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Gliding	Paraglider launched from Pub Corner. Very shortly after launch (perhaps 10 seconds), a helicopter overflew take off descending out of the Treble Cone ski field basin at speed and no more than 100ft AGL! The helicopter took evasive action but came to within 100m of the paraglider. The helicopter pulled back initially, then dived left before entering a right hand wing over and cutting between the paraglider and the hill side. The paraglider remained flying, unaffected, miraculously!				6 hrs, 35 min	Nil	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Treble Cone, Pub Corner	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm, Variable			Paraglider	Student
32	1/29/2017	3:00:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	Susann landed on Kaimais bomb out. On final she got some un-expected lift which extended her glide. She ended up in the top corner of the landing field. She ended up hitting the fence with her legs. The glider went over, ended up with a small tear. Susann ended up with a good size bruise on her thigh	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Lower limbs	bruise on her leg	1	small tear	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Kaimais	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Steady	Call me if you have any questions.	gentle thermals. Lifted her on final approach.	Paraglider	Student
33	1/30/2017	1:30:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)		Gliding	PARAGLIDING INCIDENT Funny at the time but could have had serious consequences. Flying at Muriwai ( what I still call Maori Bay ) I was sitting on the grass whilst another pilot was flying, when I was hit in the hand by something resulting in a blood blister. It turned out to be the pilots iPhone. How lucky for him that when it fell out of his pocket it landed right into my hand. I joked with a couple sitting close who could not believe it was not staged ! All very funny, but had it hit someone on the head we may have ended up having to defend our right to fly over sites were people are present. Please make sure you are not going to drop anything.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Lower limbs	HAND						MURIWAI								Paraglider
34	2/4/2017	12:00:00 PM	Tasman	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing										Sandy Bay Rd, Marahau	Not known	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm			Paraglider	unknown
35	2/6/2017	2:40:00 PM	Bay of Plenty	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	Eleanor was on approach for her 4th top landing and the right wing tip caught some turbulence and pitched up she counter braked but unfortunately the ground hit first. She landed heavily on her left shoulder with the airbag harness protecting her back and butt.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs	Ambulance called at 2:44pm. Broken Humerus left side. Waikato Hospital admission overnight.	3	Nil	Open face, Certified for flight	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Raglan Wainui Reserve	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	West	Steady			Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
36	2/9/2017	5:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Cross country	Landing	Lined up perfectly into wind. No significant turbulence. Wind was very light (2-3 mph). Ground speed appeared high but not flying downwind. Did not slow the airspeed enough before flaring hard to kill the forward velocity. Glider climbed and I dropped onto my feet (normal) but either the ground was dislevel or the drop was too high. Broke right ankle on landing.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Broken fibula and dislocated ankle.	20-30. New glider last year, but I have 17 years experience flying ATOS gliders	Nil	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed		Above Int or Pg2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	West	Moderate gusts	Just a bit unlucky.	Nothing really. Nice day to fly but just landed badly, in good conditions with very light ground wind.	Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
37	1/10/2017	12:15:00 PM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Cross country	Gliding	Suspected wind about, some in the forecast and some noticed while walking up the Sugarloaf track and on the pass. At launch it was sheltered from the wind by mountain ridges, I saw a bird (seagull?) thermalling up the Rock burn, and some cloud spilling over Park pass at about my altitude. Noticed it felt like lee when I was flying, thermalled up 1000' or so and made a crossing. I think I had about half to three quarters speed bar, I was still high, just starting my glide across the Routeburn valley. This valley is exposed to northwest. When high early in the crossing the incident happened - cravat too quick for me to react to, and seemed to be a difficult one to clear. Both which have not happened to me before to this extent! Tried stalling it a few times, perhaps not aggressively enough, but it did look pretty hopeless to me. Was still able to control direction despite cravat, so headed towards the Routeburn car park to make life easier. When my altitude was running low, I threw the reserve. I was already on local airband radio, so I alerted the numerous GA traffic my location and that I was under reserve parachute. Landed in a high red beech tree, aware of my height I ensured my body position was upright with legs to absorb any impact (no injuries, very soft). Conveniently a Dutch family heard me (!!) only twenty metres away on the track, and I asked them to hang around. Passing helicopter pilot offered (over radio) to call someone, asked to pass message on to Dave Watson (in Glenorchy). Meanwhile I teased my reserve out of the tree, disconnected the glider, and descended, with the aid of the Dutch for the last few metres. Reaching the ground I alerted GA traffic that I was safe and did not require further assistance. Changed SPOT from tracking mode to OK message. Hung sweaty clothes out to dry and ensured track location was marked, also started GPS track on phone. Radioed Dave on UHF as he drove past Lake Sylvan. Met him and Buzz's son at the Sugarloaf track junction, with rope and a saw, and the glider extraction was very efficient and quite fun actually. If I hadn't had a reserve it's probable I would have been able to land in the Routeburn car park with the cravat, but would have risked low level stall etc. Throwing the reserve over carpark would have risked landing in river. Didn't expect this to happen (combination of too fast for me to respond in time, and unable to fix afterwards) but it was windy. However, others flew xc that day at less exposed locations such as Treble cone.				400	Pretty sure it was only damaged during extraction from the tree.	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod	Deployed and effective		Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	Always depends where you are	North west	Turbulent	I intend to upload footage of the reserve throw and tree extraction when I have edited it, will post to www.facebook.com/sharemyjoys	I suspected wind although I thought the wind at lower altitude may have not been representative when I saw the cloud at about my level. It was still relatively early in the day so not necessarily well mixed.	Paraglider	Tandem
38	2/25/2017	6:45:00 AM	Bay of Plenty	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Local recreation	Take off run	Ground conditions dewy, nil wind. Wing was damp from the grass, on take off wing oscillated from side to side, I aborted the take off resulting in trike rolling to one side damaging prop, no personal injury except pride.				38	Nil	Open face	Powered, Wheeled, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Opotiki Airfield		Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Calm		Clear weather with dew on the ground	Powered glider ( Hang or Para)	Motor (PPG or PHG)
39	2/26/2017	1:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation, Cross country	Climbing	flew into a lee side that was turbulent and got collapses on both sides until I span the glider. stalled it n hit the ground in a tale slide.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine		25-30	none	Open face, Certified for flight	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	mill creek, Glenorchy	Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South east	Calm, Variable		n/a	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
40	2/28/2017	5:40:00 PM	Southern	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Take off run	Sinked into small hill after takeoff, after impact left ground again but lines started twisting left me spinning out of control back into the hill	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	Sprain on right foot	5	No	Open face, Certified for flight	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Rocky gully, coronet peak	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Calm		Very little wind at takeoff	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
41	2/23/2017	3:00:00 PM	Waikato	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)	Competition	Launch	Cliff launch from Hickies Bluff. Long, strong cycle was coming through. Had nose and side wire support moving out onto Launch. When I thought I was far enough out over the edge, I checked for good angle of attack and wings were level, had good breeze coming straight through and was controllable. Called release, verified all had released, still in control, began run forward down face. At the third step I hit strong verticle air moving up, got picked up and turned to my right. I immediately tried to counter and correct it but was pushed around until flying back in towards the launch face. When I found it no longer recoverable, I kept the bar in for airspeed aiming to come in across the face and at the last second flared hard across the face to minimise impact. Bent 2 DTs and 2 battens from sail flex. Minor bruising but no other damage or injury. Review with those on launch: It was a cliff launch. I hadn't come out far enough to get my wing into the verticle air flow prior to launching. This also meant my angle of attack would have been too high when I hit the verticle air. Some bushes below launch and wind direction slightly off to the right contributed to the left wing flying and the right wing still in slower moving air which induced the right turn.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Upper limbs, Lower limbs		20	2 DTs, 2 curved battens	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Hickies Bluff	Not known	Pilots first flight at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South east	Steady	Don't recommend top landing at Hickies even though Geoff used to do it all the time in his Lancer...	Wind was a steady 12 knots making the area ridge soarable but there was a strong cycle occurring at the time of launch which contributed to the stronger vehicle air.	Hang glider	PG2 or Int
42	2/11/2017	1:00:00 PM	Southern	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Launch	Chest strap buckle on Sup Air Altirando 2 RS harness popped open very shortly after launch. The chest strap of the student was physically pulled prior to launch therefore i'm certain it was properly closed. The student was equally confident this occured. The issue is described here: http://www.supair.com/document/safety/Safety-note_boucle-alu-T_2016-06_EN.pdf The number stamped on the chest strap is different to those affected by the safety notice therefore i have contacted Sup Air for advice. The harness will not be used (except with a backup) until Sup Air respond.							Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Cardrona	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)		Variable, Thermals	The harness buckle was stamped with 02/14.		Paraglider	Student
43	2/26/2017	4:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Climbing	Erik appeared to be trying to gain height around the rocky pyramid at Treblecone, but believes he flew into rotor behind the western ridgeline. The wing collapsed a few times. He plunged into the hillside. His radius and ulna (two bones in the forearm) of his left arm were snapped, producing severe compound fractures of both bones. He needed to be airlifted due lack of access to where he was located and was transported to Invercargill hospital. He had surgery the next morning. A full recovery is expected.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs		unknown	Nil known	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Treblecone. Light Easterly wind	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Steady, Thermals			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
44	2/17/2017	2:30:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Descent maneouvre	Descent maneouvre i was doing wingovers probably 100 meters of the ground when the glider got into the cravats and start doing spiral, i did not waste any time and I threw reserve, but everything happen so quick so when reserve open i hit the ground really firmly. Oops	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	air lifted to Dunedin as assessment indicated fractures, Dunedin hospital x ray confirmed L1 compression fracture, recovery about 6weeks.	40	no demage	Open face	Pod	Deployed and effective	closed to cardrona landing field	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North west	Steady, Thermals			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
45	3/5/2017	2:15:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Launch	Took off in zero wind and underestimated my required run distance to achieve lift. Got to end of crest and sunk into rocky slope.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs	Left Humerus and ribs	45	leading edge/ upright and base bar	Full face, Damaged	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Little river	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	calm	Calm			Hang glider	PG2 or Int
46	3/2/2017	3:45:00 PM	Waikato	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Competition	Gliding	Was too caught up coring a strong thermal and getting a good climb and I forgot to check the drift and wind speed which had picked up. As a result got pinned on top of the ridge with very less penetration on top of the ridge . Was gettng low into gully and had a scary ride with no landing options except trees everywhere. I was lucky to get a thermal off a tree top which enabled me to get enough height to get away to safety . The incident could have been avoided had I been aware of my drift in the themal and not pushed to far back into the ridge. Very important lesson learnt to check wind speed and drift while thermallng to reach safe landing options before going too far back into the ridge. No injuries sufffered except for bruised ego due to the stupidity.				10 hours	None	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Kaimas -	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South west	Variable, Moderate gusts, Thermals		Venturi effect when in Gully wind speed 5km over the true speed	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
47	3/10/2017	12:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	Coming into a bottom landing. Was a bit high. Did a S turn, too aggressive on on the left brake, overcooked the turn which meant the wing was now not pointing into wind. The wing dived due to the agreesive turn. Left ankle contacted first. Left ankle broken	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	broken ankle	2	no	Open face	With certified back protection	Not carried		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Variable			Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
48	3/16/2017	10:00:00 AM	Waikato	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Take off run	Light wind alpine launch wind inflated nicely but during the later fast phase of take off run hit a rock with left foot .broke left foot and aborted takeoff.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Broke foot off at ankle .surgery has reinstated foot	10	No damage	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Ohau ski field	Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Variable	Lesson to be learnt .check your full launch running strip for unforseen obstacalr full ankle support boots should be worn .	Light and switchable catabatic	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
49	3/17/2017	4:15:00 PM	Auckland	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Flew into a bad position above the takeoff and caught some rotor that collapsed the right side of the wing. This put me into a 180 degree rotation approx. 50ft off the ground which led to a parachutal descent and a hard landing. Airbag system on harness caught the majority of the impact but my right elbow struck the ground hard, causing it to dislocate.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs	Required hospital treatment for sedation and relocation, will require a couple of weeks rehab but that's it.	22	Nil	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Glover Park, Auckland	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
50	3/19/2017	2:00:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Incident ( minor damage or minor injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Climbing	Jakob flew well in light thermals. Trying to join a gaggle thermalling, he went too wide and ended up low behind the launch site at the Kaimais in the lee. He tried to fly back but ended up just below the top in a bush. He landed fine but leaned on his wrist and sprained it.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Lower limbs	sprained wrist, no treatment needed	20	no	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Kaimais	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Calm		only in the fact that Jakob ended up in a mild lee side situation	Paraglider	Student
51	3/20/2017	5:45:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	I was flying at the cliffs of Taylors Mistake site (i spent there 15 flying hours in various conditions), at that time there was the easterly 10kt wind. I approached cliffs from the right side in 30 metres above them as I saw another pilot there getting some lift. But as I was little lower then him, there was almost no lift and I was sinking down very quickly heading north. So I turned to south, and try to get back safely to the beach, but couldn't manage to do that as I misjudged my gliding distance. I followed the cliff downwind heading Taylors Mistake beach and impacted rocks with my feet. Wing got halfway under water / halfway tangled up over the rocks, and got pretty much destroyed. Wandering surfer came along and helped me out carrying wing and my gear out to the safe spot. Results: damaged wing (glider torn on two spots, completely destroyed leading edge and couple of lines snapped) bruised bone in my left heel.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	bruised heel bone	40	(glider torn on two spots, completely destroyed leading edge and couple of lines snapped, wing soaked in salt water	Full face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Taylors Mistake, Christchurch, Canterbury	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	East	Steady			Paraglider	visiting pilot
52	3/24/2017	7:45:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, major structural damage, person missing)	Local recreation	Descent maneouvre	I was paragliding at the Crown Range Terrace in Arrowtown for about 20 minutes in ~25km/h westerly winds when the winds started to get choppy and increase. There were about 5 of us flying, and everyone had landed as I made my way towards the landing (top landing on launch) when I was thrown up by a hefty gust, which then deflated my wing as it pushed it down (seemed like rotor to me, and just mixed wind directions). By the time I had re-inflated my wing, my glider and myself had been blown and turned about 90 degrees, at which point I was pushed straight towards the hillside with the wind. Without having the height or time to make a maneuver away from the hill, I was thrown straight at the hill. My lower body hit first, fracturing my right femur (which now has a rod and screws in it to hold it intact, as I write from a hospital bed) and three of my lower vertebrae in my spine. Fortunately, the other pilots were able to take care of me while I waited out the 45+ minute wait for the ambulance to arrive (and any hope of pain relief), which then hosted me until a helicopter flew me down to Dunedin.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs, Lower spine	Major femur fracture, necessitating a rod/plate/screws to stabilise. Compression and fracturing of lower spine vertebrae. As another fun detail: I hit the ground so hard that both of my shoes flew off, only one was recovered. As far as other things of mention, the ambulance response rate was terrible.	50	No	Open face, Certified for flight	Stirrup, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Crown Range Terrace, Arrowtown 9302	Not known	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	West	Variable, Moderate gusts		Wind was relatively smooth initially but then as the sun went down it became quite choppy and less predictable.	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
53	3/11/2017	1:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor accident ( medical treament or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Take off run	No wind conditions, run run, abort, roll over one shoulder, didn't seem to be anything special, but end with a collarbone fracture	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs	the wing stall as i was falling to the front, probably too much leaning forward at a relative slow speed, pressure in the wing	2	no	Open face	Basic	Not carried		Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South west	Calm, Variable			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
54	2/18/2017	4:00:00 PM	Waikato	Near miss incident ( no damage or injury)	Competition	Take off run	there was no field for glider damage but no injury				200	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	paeroa range	Above Int or Pg2	Less than 10 flights at this site	slight down wind	1 not over the back	Calm		over the back	Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
55	2/18/2017	4:00:00 PM	Waikato	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Competition	Take off run	I wasn’t familiar with the site and though it looked like there was no wind on take off, I heard later from Keven Mc Manus that it was blowing a few nots down hill as I took off. Anyhow I started running down the hill but noticed after a few steps that the glider was not lifting of my shoulders. I was thinking then of aborting the take off but I was already going too fast to stop. So I think I didn’t gave it my full running commitment, the nose angle was too high and I took off in a stall. As the glider was flying far to slow I had no control and hit with the right wing the pine-tree. Then I got turned around and crashed soft into the bushes. 3 Things to be learned from this incident. Think twice to take off in very marginal conditions when you not familiar with the side. Get more first hand knowledge from the locals Maybe just don’t take off if you not very good in no wind take offs.				200	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Paeroa Range	Above Int or Pg2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	over the back	Calm			Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
56	4/18/2017	11:35:00 PM	Canterbury	Fatality	Local recreation	Gliding	3rd run of the day having just left from the gondola area (exact point not known) the deceased made a pass over the top of his friend and witness on the eastern side of the gondola. He descended slowly until he was flying with the direction of the Summit Road towards the direction of the cable cars. As he approached the bend in the road where the hill opens up again he has made a hard right turn and lost considerable speed and altitude. He has dropped almost to the road and accelerated out of the turn and approached the metal road barrier. Unable to clear that it appears that his feet/boots have crashed into the barrier catapulting him over the edge and down the hillside landing some 28 metres from the road edge.	Fatal	Head, Upper limbs, Upper spine, Lower limbs, Lower spine, Chest, Abdomen	Lower limbs injured due to initial impact with the road barrier, upper limbs, head and neck injured on subsequent impact with ground approx 28m downhill.				Basic	Not carried	Port Hills, Christchurch	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	TBC	Variable	Hard rt turn on a downwind leg resulting in a dive into the road safety barrier followed by impacting the ground further down the steep slope.		Speed wing	PG2 or Int
57	2/20/2017	7:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing		Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs			None	Full face	Basic	Carried but not deployed		Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
58	4/25/2017	2:00:00 PM	Wellington	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Take off run	Another pilot pointed out immediately before I intended to launch that I hadn't zipped up my reversible airbag.									Kinnoull Station - Wellington South Coast	Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South east	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
59	4/22/2017	5:00:00 PM	Auckland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Pilot approached from the Rear of the coastal site at Mangawhai to top land. This is an area of rotor, lucky for the pilot the wind had dropped off and was running along the feature (more from directly East and he flew into the back of the hill just below the takeoff hill and tangled glider and himself in the bushes. Spoke to him about it he seemed oblivious to the rotor danger of this site.						Open face			Mangawhai Heads	Int or PG2		Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Steady	Its a site where any top landing should be done with extreme caution	Wind had changed from NE to E and dropped	Paraglider
60	4/18/2017	11:35:00 AM	Canterbury	Fatality	Local recreation	Gliding	3rd run of the day having just left from the gondola area (exact point not known) the pilot made a pass over the top of his friend and witness on the eastern side of the gondola. He descended slowly until he was flying with the direction of the Summit Road towards the direction of the cable cars. As he approached the bend in the road where the hill opens up again he has made a hard right turn and lost considerable speed and altitude. He has dropped almost to the road and accelerated out of the turn and approached the metal road barrier. Unable to clear that it appears that his feet/boots have crashed into the barrier catapulting him over the edge and down the hillside landing some 28 metres from the road edge.	Fatal	Head, Upper spine, Lower limbs	Lower limbs injured due to initial impact with the road barrier, upper limbs, head and neck injured on subsequent impact with ground approx 28m downhill.		Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Port Hills, Christchurch.	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)		Variable			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
61	1/22/2017	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Fatality	Local recreation	Aerobatic maneouvre	I Believe he was pulling a Rhythmic SAT to Infinite Tumble, got his timing wrong on the exit and put himself into his wing. He quickly got himself clear of the glider, but did not manage to deploy a reserve or recover the glider.	Fatal	Chest	I am not sure of the impact region that is with the coroner.	2	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	With certified back protection	Two Reserves carried including a Regarllo	Site:Skyline, Location of impact: Queenstown Primary school	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	Still	Calm	All Information provided is a combination of my own and witnesses. I was on site within 20 minutes of the accident.		Paraglider	Tandem
62	5/7/2017	2:40:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Gliding	was my fourth fight on a day of good flying conditions. I was flying just above the waterfall at treble cone when I hit some rotor. I quickly started turning right towards the hill when I looked up and realised I had a significant asymmetrical collapse on my right side, I would have been 70-80%. I tried to weight shift and counter steer but realised I was going to impact so I started to flair and come out of my harness. I landed on tussock cover slope of about 30 degrees. I didn't manage to flair fully as everything happened so quickly and took some impact on my left shoulder. Some other pilots landed and called 111. An hour later the helicopter arrived and took me to Dunedin and after x-ray reviled I had a fracture to my humours (upper bone on arm).	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs		100	None	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	treble cone, pub corner take off	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North west	Calm, Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
63	5/17/2017	4:00:00 PM	Southern	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Landing	Clipped rugby post with leading edge on landing				3	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Skyline gondola Queenstown	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Calm	No injury, just glider damage.	Stable, calm winds	Speed wing	PG3 or Adv
64	6/20/2017	4:30:00 PM	Southern	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Having had one failed launch (wing didn't come up right) , I unclipped and reset my entire glider, double-checked my lines were clear and forward launched west off the gondola launch. The wing was sluggish to launch on the left side but in nil wind I wasn't surprised by this. Once airborne I noticed my brake lines and C lines on the left-side were badly knotted. The left side was so heavily braked that it was almost stalled. I pulled a small asymmetric collapse hoping that this may have cleared it, this was unsuccessful. I pulled at the C lines to try to clear it but the knot was very tight. I assessed my options. I couldnt immediately land as it is thick bush and there are some tall trees around. I was too low to deploy a reserve as it would not have deployed before I hit the ground. I didnt want to stall to reset as I am not very comfortable stalling, and also I would not have had enough altitude to stall-recover and fly away. As the wing was flying, I decided to fly it out to the closest landing, which I identified as the tennis court beside the Hertage Hotel. Using max right weight shift and no braking input, I managed to keep directional control. I was very close to the treetops, actually kicking two trees as I was so low. I was within 50 lateral metres of the landing and about 20m AGL when it completely stalled and I dropped almost vertically, landing between two cars. I do not know why it stalled, it all happened in a split second. Maybe I hit a shear layer or a bit of turbulent air, (wind was extremely light) or I used too much brake on approach. I sustained an injured wrist, bumped elbow and two grazes on my legs, but I walked away. I was brought to hospital by a friend, no emergency services were required. My wrist was dislocated, I broke my scaphoid and triquetrum, all realigned by surgery. I dented a Subaru Legacy and scratched a Mercedes. Blake Round found the vehicle owners and gave them contact details. Had I not been flying with an Advance Axxess Air harness with airbag/foam and back protection I think I would have sustained much more serious injuries. I also flew with Salewa boots which afforded ankle protection too. My go-pro was knocked off my helmet by the impact.				41	None	Open face, Damaged	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	queenstown skyline	Not rated	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South west	Calm	http://www.paraglidingforum.com/leonardo/flight/1657950	n/a	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
65	6/26/2017	3:00:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Gliding	Got a cravat after sharp turns/wing overs. Stalled the glider to try and recover the wing from the cravat. Did not clear so threw my reserve. Reserve opened without issue and paraglider was pulled in. Landed softly on my feet. Walked away without injury or damage to any equipment.				75	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Deployed and effective	Coronet Peak Summit	Not known	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
66	7/24/2017	12:15:00 PM	Auckland	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Frontcolaps boom				250	None	Full face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Karioitahi	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	West	Moderate gusts		Rain	Paraglider	Tandem
67	8/6/2017	2:00:00 PM	Auckland	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Launch	Wind was fresh and gusty, 10-20 knots, and slightly off to the north of ideal direction. Takeoff area has been compromised by erection of a fence which has reduced available launch area. after successfully assist to launch 2 other pilots (myself included) Mark decided to self launch. After he maneuvered his gilder to the take-off zone, he felt he was sucked off the launch before he was ready to go. he was not able to regain control of his glider and was turned back towards the hillside and crashed into a few scrubby bushes. I witnessed his impact while flying 1000ft above launch. After loosing height to get a better visual, i saw him wave to me so knew he was conscious and could move a little at least. we flew to the landing which is several kilometers up the coast and jumped in the vehicle and returned to launch. we walked down the steep hillside to Mark. he had managed to get out of his harness but was in severe pain. At this point we called for an ambulance.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine, Chest			Minor (glider flies normally)	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Pakiri	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	North	Strong gusts			Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
68	8/18/2017	4:00:00 PM	Auckland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch	The wind was shifting and light, at North head lower launch, pilot launched slightly cross wind and didnt gain height to clear the obstacle the pohutakawa tree. He crashed into it. No harm to him or glider, with assistance glider was taken out.					None	Full face	Basic		North Head	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Variable		Overcast and rain on the way	Paraglider
69	9/24/2017	2:15:00 PM	Hawkes bay	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Practicing tight landing. fSmall strip of grass behind fence. On approach made a last minute decision not to fly over fence for safety reasons. Spun glider just before landing with right side wing collapse. Fell on outstretched arm resulting in dislocated wrist fracture of radius / ulnar. Contributing factors: didn't have vario to judge last minute sink and possible rotor from stock yards. Attendance immediately at time of crash by pilot doctor who administered morphine and subsequently by ambulance paramedics who relocated radius / ulnar. Admission to hospital with surgery required using plates to stabilise fracture. Expertly looked after by the Hawkes Bay Cub president.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs		60	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod, With certified back protection	Two reserves carried not deployed	Te Mata Peak LZ	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable		Rotor	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
70	9/23/2017	4:00:00 PM	Auckland	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Landing	Crash landing of wet glider with poor handling. Bent downtube, no injury				0	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Kariotahi	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Steady	Rain on sail was major contributing factor to poor landing	Rain shower immediately after takeoff. Technora sail glider does not handle or perform well when wet.	Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
71	9/24/2017	9:45:00 AM	Waikato	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Climbing	The pilot set up his paramotor in to a west wind but appeared to take off slightly sw and towards a club building about 100m away. The climb rate was not sufficient to clear the building so at approx 8m height the pilot executed a tight left turn away from the building but downwind and towards power lines. The turn and dive resulted in contact with 1m high wooden bollards that bordered the adjacent road below the power lines. The pilot sustained serious injuries to the legs, internal injuries and major blood loss. He was saved by the actions of a fellow pilot and an emergency care doctor that happened to be on site and witnessed the crash.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Compound fractures of the leg with major blood loss. 18 hrs surgery and long term hospital care. Probably permanent disability.		None	Open face, Certified for flight	Powered	Not carried	Dr John Lightbody reserve, Tuakau	Not rated	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Steady	Another pilot had launched only 1 min before Pierre and climbed safely away after taking a right turn after launch. He was able to see Pierre from above shortly after the start of his take off run and was immediately concerned as to the direction he took and particularly the turn direction which took him towards more obstacles.		Powered glider ( Hang or Para)	Motor (PPG or PHG)
72	10/5/2017	1:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Take off run	Dropped wing on take off slight left trun	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Suspected broken femur	1	Minor (glider flies normally)	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Steady			Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
73	9/15/2017	12:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Approach to landing	While doing a figure eight landing approach, he flew beyond the park boundary, hesitated when a tree was in sight and reacted to late to a void it. He landed in the tree.				2	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Flew from brittain into heathcote park	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North	Calm		There was very light thermal in valley but 0-5 km wind at landing area	Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
74	8/1/2017	1:00:00 PM	Wellington	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch	very close to terrain just after launch. Launching motorharness from uncompromising site, when overenthusiastic over prospect of flying, hurrying preparation because of scheduled soccer game starting in a half hour. Weather perfect. First time ever experiencing airlock in fuel line, cutting power back to 2/3. lauched, but climb very shallow, and shrubbery and trees surrounding park only just cleared. Engine soon recovered, and remaining flight was uneventful though somewhat shorter than planned ;-) Classic accident scenario - several factors coming together.				100	None	Full face	Powered	Carried but not deployed		Above Int or Pg2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm			Powered glider ( Hang or Para)
75	10/23/2017	2:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Paragliding at Scarborough cliffs, went out to point. Started getting pushed backwards over to sumner and losing height. Made call to fly to sumner rather than getting pushed into cliff. Went close to beach so easier for me to get in. Landed in water. About 30 metres from sumner boat ramp. Got out of harness and someone got to me on a paddle board and paddled in.				5	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Scarborough cliffs	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	East	Moderate gusts			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
76	10/28/2017	3:30:00 PM	Wellington	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch	Arrived at site, mt climbie, conditions were not suitable for flying, with wind coming from behind take off. Take off was getting good heating and on occasion very light puffs up the face. However the puffs very short in duration and variable in direction, switching to the side quickly. Rigged up, moved to take of and waited for a window of opportunity to launch. About an hour later I felt there was chance, picked up the glider and ran before the wind changed direct - I only got a couple of feet down the ramp and the starboard wing lifted and the glider left the ramp with left turn. Port wing tip dragged the hill and the glider spun round, both downtubes collapsed.				100	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Mt Climbie	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Variable		Predominately over the back (easterly) but with small periods with very light wind from the west and longer periods with wind from the south	Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
77	10/28/2017	1:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Lost altitude quickly due to combination of heavy sink, in tail wind and turbulent air, forced landing in nearby field strewn with large rocks. Approach was very fast & flare largely ineffective, so used harness to take brunt of impact and protect my legs. I slid into a large, partially buried rock, which flipped me forwards towards another protruding rock. I raised my arms and twisted to protect against head impact and my left side hit the rock square on, before being dragged to a stop.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Abdomen	Fractured left side ribs 6-9.	20	None	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Taylors Mistake, Christchurch	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts, Thermals			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
78	11/23/2017	6:00:00 PM	Bay of Plenty	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Gliding	More then 50% wing collapse at top of mount maunganui North side launch. Spiral and crash on launch site before the wing could be fully reinflated. Both heel bones broken due to impact. No other serious injuries.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs			None	Open face, Damaged	Basic	Carried but not deployed	North side of Mt Maunganui	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
79	11/26/2017	3:00:00 PM	Auckland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch	Connected Little cloud Spiruline (fat risers) with a yeti lightweight harness (very narrow attachment point) using a standard rectangular PG carabiner. Due to the narrow attachment loop of the harness it's quite normal for the carabiner to rotate and be loaded diagonally (it slides into one of the corners), but this time, with help of the front reserve attachment loop sitting on gate, it was crossloaded and the gate rotated into unlocked position. I landed asap once noticed.				5	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried, partly cause of incident. Not deployed.	Mangawhai Heads	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Steady	Nothing really happened, but thought it could be useful to others to hear about it.		Paraglider	PG2 or Int
80	10/28/2017	12:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	coming into landing. collapse or spin at around 15m feet not out of harness yet.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine	fractured t12 vert. broken wrist	20	None	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	treble cone	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
81	12/4/2017	1:45:00 PM	Tasman	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Flying from Barnicote in Stoke, out to Ngawhatu Recreation Ground. Left the hill with plenty of altitude to clear the pylons and reach the park. On approach still had 400m of altitude and travelling into a head on sea breeze of around 20kph, still feeling that I had plenty of altitude and time to clear the pylons and land at the park as per my current flight plan. I began loosing altitude and not making a lot of headway, as I got closer to the pylons I began to feel unsure if I would actually make it over them so decided to abort and back track to an alternative landing close by. Travelling down wind my wing picked up significant speed as expected. I gained a little altitude passing over a small ridge line with trees on it. As soon as I had clear ground I began a gentle controlled turn into the wind hoping to land in the paddock on the ridge. As I turned I travelled side ways tracking down wind and loosing altitude as the ridge rose in my direction of travel. Rather than landing as hoped, on the ridge, I flew into the side of the hill, half way through my turn, at approximately 60kmh. Hitting feet first and then hitting hard on my buttocks, feeling significant pain in my back on impact and being almost completely winded. After a few minutes I was able to phone a member of the Tasman club and we decided I should not try to walk out. Soon after, two members of the Tasman club came to my assistance and decided I would need to be Helicoptered out to Hospital. We were all concerned about a possible spinal injury due to the nature and speed of the impact. At this point an ambulance and the Helicopter arrived simultaneously. I was checked on site by paramedics and deemed to be able to walk but not able to cross a 6 meter deer fence that was between myself and the access road so was taken out by helicopter. I was thoroughly checked out by hospital staff and released with many pain killers at 5 pm.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine, Chest	upon writing this report one day after the incident, I am fully mobile with a degree of muscular pain around the lower back region, bruising to the left side costal arch of the rib cage cartilage, possibly from the riser carabiner, and I also bruised the bone of both heals, landing feet first, buttocks soon after.	40	None	Open face	Stirrup, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Barnicote Range,	Above Int or Pg2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Variable, Thermals		20 kmh Sea breeze at lower levels	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
82	7/12/2017	12:40:00 PM	Tasman	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Cross country	Landing	Hard landing on tree surrounded skid site probably due to some wind rotor effect.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine		50	None	Full face, Certified for flight	Basic, Stirrup, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Launch at Inwoods	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
83	1/15/2017	12:00:00 PM	Southern	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Launch	Witnesses saw pilot attempt to launch from Pub Corner, Treble Cone and collide with Pub Corner Weather Station, damaging the station and breaking lines on his glider.				5000000000000	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Thermals			Paraglider	VISITOR
84	11/14/2017	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Tandem ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of any other people involved).	Landing	New to the site, with new equipment, 10 km wind from south, very turbulent air. So I thought would land into wind approach I lost height came down for the final approach above the fence and the wing was lifted so I extended the figure of 8 so we weren't too high and as I was turning back to land got big sink… we were close to fence I tried to pull away to right instead but passengers foot clipped the fence and got caught so we were pulled towards the fence where we went parallel and caught the post with our feet.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Lower limbs		1	None	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed			More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Turbulent			Paraglider	Tandem
85	11/13/2017	11:02:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Tandem ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of any other people involved).	Landing	A Landing Accident at Cattle Flat Landing Zone, Mt Aspiring Road, Wanaka 9305. Approximately 11:02 am 13 November 2017. Type of Operation: Tandem paragliding flight by Wanaka Paragliding under Certificate ADV 81572, CAR Part 115. Take Off: Was from Eastside Pub Corner, Treble Cone at 10:47 am. Take Off Conditions: At time of take off recorded at the Pub Corner weather station were Temp min 6.0C max 6.9C, wind Max gust 10.4kph NE, Average 5.3kph NE. Weather: High-Pressure Forecast Areas of morning cloud, then fine. Wind at 1000 metres: Light. Weather at Treble Cone at the time of accident: Middle level cloud above take off was breaking apart and sun had been getting through. A light thermal cycle on the mountain face was building as the NE face heating up. Heating in the valley was increasing as sun broke through to the valley floor in places. Cloud was in the process of burning off and an hour after the accident, the sky was completely clear apart from mountain top cumulus. Take Off Conditions: Light thermal, no wind Flying Conditions: Light thermal, no wind Landing Conditions: Light thermal, no wind Weather was normal and well within operating conditions. Pilot: Nicola Woods nicsinthewoods@gmail.com NZHGPA# 6132, CAA #92311, 60KG, a tandem pilot for Wanaka Paragliding Passenger: Camille Raffenne, 49KG, a French national, living in Singapore, on holiday in NZ with her husband t.pegat@gmail.com who was also flying with Wanaka Paragliding and landed five minutes after the accident. Glider: Ozone Magnum2 38 CAA# 29Z, owned and operated by Wanaka Paragliding. Weight range 110-185 KG. Flying All Up Weight 132KG Accident Description: Pilot was making a left hand circuit landing approach intending to land in a SW facing direction towards the mountain, on Wanaka Paragliding LZ1 beside the Ski Area Access road, Cattle Flat, Treble Cone Recreational Reserve. (The normal approach is to land in a NE facing direction away from the mountain but the pilot observed the wind socks were indicating a breeze away from the hill and was making a circuit to land into this breeze). On base heading NNW the pilot got lifted by a thermal and extended her base away from the LZ to lose height before turning left SSE to return to the LZ. The pilot then got unexpected sink. The passengers foot hit the top of a deer fence while the pilot was either trying to return back to the LZ or making an avoidance turn to land in the field beside the LZ. Camille hit her head during the impact with the fence and sustained a cut. The Pilot was uninjured apart from minor bruising. An ambulance was called and the passengers cut was treated by the pilot. The passenger was taken to Wanaka Medical Centre for a check up. The cut was minor and was not expected to require stitches and she is expected to make a full recovery. Pilot was stood down for the day, breathalysed, drug screened and interviewed by Wanaka Paragliding CEO and OIO.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	No	1.5	None	Damaged	Basic	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	Thermic only	Thermals		Conditions: At time of take off recorded at the Pub Corner weather station were Temp min 6.0C max 6.9C, wind Max gust 10.4kph NE, Average 5.3kph NE. Weather: High-Pressure Forecast Areas of morning cloud, then fine. Wind at 1000 metres: Light. Weather at Treble Cone at the time of accident: Middle level cloud above take off was breaking apart and sun had been getting through. A light thermal cycle on the mountain face was building as the NE face heating up. Heating in the valley was increasing as sun broke through to the valley floor in places. Cloud was in the process of burning off and an hour after the accident, the sky was completely clear apart from mountain top cumulus. Take Off Conditions: Light thermal, no wind Flying Conditions: Light thermal, no wind Landing Conditions: Light thermal, no wind Weather was normal and well within operating conditions.	Paraglider	Tandem
86	12/28/2017	3:00:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Tandem ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of any other people involved).	Approach to landing	Near miss with a drone 10ft off left wing tip				10	None			Carried but not deployed	G756 gondola queenstown	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Calm			Paraglider	Tandem
87	2/1/2018	2:45:00 AM	Southern	Fatality	Cross country	Climbing	Pilot launched from TC and was heading towards Wanaka via Roy's Peak. Pilot suffered and asymmetric collapse and collided with the ground.	Fatal	Chest	This is a compulsory field so I have to select something, however details of the injuries are unknown at this point in time.				Basic, With certified back protection	Carried. Further details not known.	Launched from Pub Corner, Treble Cone. Accident occurred during an XC flight on Coromandel, at the northern end of Roy's Peak.			10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Thermals	Witness statements have been taken by the police for the purpose of an investigation.	Increasing wind strength.	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
88	1/7/2018	4:15:00 PM	Wellington	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	When touch down and turning around and stalling glider I got lifted up in about 1m and then hit the ground with my right foot really hard.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	Sprained right ankle	25	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	PKK	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Steady, Moderate gusts			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
89	1/23/2018	9:15:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	Early morning incident, conditions were light to no wind on landing. Pilot was coming in on a long final glide. 1 meter from the ground pilot pushed through a strong flare causing the glider to pitch back at the same time the pilot flew through some very light lifting air. The glider was in stall as the pilot came down from about 2.5 meters landing feet first and falling backwards onto his bum. Pilot complained of lower back pain and was treated accordingly. An ambulance was called. Ambulance arrived approximately 30 minutes after the accident and pilot walked onto the stretcher.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	Contributing Factors: -Upon conducting first aid on the pilot, as part of a secondary survey, the pilot talked having lower back pain for quite some time before the incident. The pilot also mentioned having problems with muscle spasms in his lower back. Upon administration to hospital the radiologist asked the pilot if he had had any previous back injury to which the pilot replied that yes he suspected he had an old injury due to a mountain bike accident. -Due to the very dry hot summer that Central Otago is currently experiencing the ground at "Flight Park" is rock solid with little to no grass left. I feel it is important to note that the equipment the pilot was on was an Alpha 6 with very little hours on it and the harness was a Paratech D2 that has about 15-20cm of back protection in it. First on scene was myself Cathal, Instructor (PHEC qualified) and Joseph Lingham (Doctor)	1	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Flight Park Queenstown/ Rocky Gully	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Calm			Paraglider	Student
90	1/29/2018	2:15:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Competition	Landing	Descent techniques in sudden very strong wind not assertive enough, blown back into narrow area with turbulence and venturi, hard landing through tree branches	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine		225	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed		Not known	More than 10 flights	This wind came in suddenly, and was this strength on landing. 10km W on launch	North west	Strong gusts, Thermals, Turbulent			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
91	2/2/2018	1:15:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Competition	Launch	Left-hand speed bar line from between two of the pulleys got caught in a buckle adjacent to the lowest speed bar pulley (level with the seat plate) and locked the left-hand side of the wing into full speed bar. I was unable to get into the seat. I flew out with the intention of landing, but after a few minutes figured out that I could leverage the buckle to release the line. I then was able to continue flying. A photo of a recreation of what happened will be sent separately.				150	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Pub Corner (above road)	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Steady		N/A	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
92	2/3/2018	1:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Competition	Launch	Pod and speed bar set came detached on left side of harness. Didn’t notice pod loop had dropped off my Ozone Forza harness				30	None	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Wanaka	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Variable			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
93	1/28/2018	2:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Competition	Climbing	I was flying from TC towards Aspiring. I went above Niger where i could see a glider scratching. I was probably too low so was on the Lee side. My left wing side collapsed and my wing started to dive and rotate left. I wasn't sure what to do to stop the spiraling. I tried to grab my risers to stabilise then I thought i was getting low so i tried to pull my reserve. I grabbed the handle and my wing recovered, then had a big frontal collapse and started to fly normally. I pushed back my reserve in its pocket and secured the handle so it doesn't get caught. Then I glided as far as I could and landed safely.				30	None	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Niger (by Treeble Cone)	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)		Variable	I never practiced pulling my reserve or tried to throw it before. Haven't done an sic course yet. It's planned.		Paraglider	PG2 or Int
94	1/29/2018	2:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Cross country	Gliding	On glide to first turnpoint in national competition (not competing} from End Peak, near TC, i was approximately 6500m altitiude above the ridgeline at Pub Corner. I was relaxed and on glide when i was hit with severe turbulence which caused an aggressive full frontal of the glider. I struggled to stop the surge with full brake input which cravated the glider and put me into a spin with riser twists. I kicked the riser twists out and managed to stabilise the glider and was flying straight again with the cravat. I went to grab the a lines to induce an asymetric to try to clear the cravat but as i did this i was hit with another aggressive downwash. At this point i assessed my height and deployed my reserve. I landed very fast due to the stong winds and immediately assertained that i had broke my L1. I passed this info over to the launch marshall immediately on the phone and then got to my knees to depower the reserve and unclip from the harness. I then slid down the steep 50deg bank to a tussock were i lay and waited for assistance.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine		1	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod	Deployed and effective		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North	Strong gusts, Thermals, Turbulent			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
95	1/28/2018	4:14:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Competition	Climbing	I was scratching for lift two thirds up mid triangle on the West slope of Mt Roy when I hit sink and clipped a matakauri bush. I was spun in my harness 360deg and when facing away from the hill again I considered flying away and dealing with the twist once I had clearance from terrain but noted that my wing was in a slow spin. I then opted to flair and land. There was no damage to pilot or equipment.				40	None	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Treble Cone, Wanaka. 44.38299S 168.5431E	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Variable, Thermals, Turbulent			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
96	2/14/2018	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Launch	Pilot was launching on the East launch of TC. Canopy collapsed on launch, pilot rolled down the hill and landed heavily on her feet on the road cutting just below launch resulting in a minor stable compression fracture of the L1 vertebra.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine	Damage resulted from pilot landing hard on her feet and shock loading being transferred through straight legs to her spine rather than landing on her backside.	18	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed		Nov or PG1	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South east	Variable			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
97	2/10/2018	4:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Aerobatic maneouvre	Sat to Spiral to Wingover, then Misty fliped into Helico (unintentional) Stalled glider into tail slide, checked altitude - good. Thought I released hands high, but obviously not high enough, checked altitude again, not high enough to throw, impacted the ground in tail slide.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine	30% compression of T11	1	None	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Flight Park Queenstown	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South	Calm			Paraglider	ISP
98	1/23/2018	12:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation, Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Launch	Reverse launch and run in light wind, not enough brakes, big overshoot and 70% collapse just after lift off, left 90° turn an impact with ground. Twisted right knee resulting in torn ACL.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	Torn ACL right knee	29	None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Coronet Peak	Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North west	Variable			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
99	2/17/2018	3:00:00 PM	Bay of Plenty	Fatality	Local recreation	Aerobatic maneouvre	At approximately 15:00 on 17/02/2018 Josh was flying at the north face of Mt Maunganui adjacent to the north launch site. He was doing wing-over manoeuvres and appeared to be in control of his wing although he was starting to do these quite close to the terrain. During one of the wing-over manoeuvres Josh appeared to have turned towards the terrain and struck a rocky outcrop to the west side of launch with what appeared to be significant force. He appeared to be unconscious and was unresponsive to a number of people shouting to him for a response. Following the impact the wing turned 180 degrees and flew away from east to west and continued around the Mount while banking to the left due to Josh slumping to the left in the harness. The wing was still flying when it disappeared from our view moments later. A 111 call was placed immediately and we searched the west face of the Mount as best we could but were unable to locate Josh until, after approximately 1 hour, the rescue helicopter arrived and was successful in locating him higher up the face than where we were searching. Tragically Josh had passed by the time help reached him although, given the force of the impact, it is possible he did not survive the initial crash.	Fatal	Upper spine, Lower spine	I do not know the extent of his injuries although I have been told he had severe injuries to his back hence the response given - i.e. Upper Spine/Lower Spine					I don't know the details of Josh's equipment although I know he was wearing a helmet.		Int or PG2		30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	North east	Steady			Paraglider
100	2/13/2018	12:45:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Aerobatic maneouvre	Performed wingovers close to terrain to descend and the wind strength wasn't enough to soar at Mt. Iron. Wing switched suddenly to NE while on descent, causing area flown to go into Lee conditions. Went too high on one wingover left, turned out of it early to avoid impacting the ground and the second wingover right felt strange, glider went behind close to stall and I sunk more than usual (rotor?) - collided with the hill on the swingthrough of turn.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper spine, Lower spine	Bruising of back muscles, no fractures found.	90	None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Mt Iron, Wanaka	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts			Paraglider	Tandem
101	2/28/2018	7:30:00 AM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Landing	Flying off the skyline gondola I was not going to make the main landing field (the rec) so used an emergency landing alternative on the road beside the rec. no cars where coming and no persons were crossing the road. after safely landing I had the glider packed up and off the road in seconds.				10	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried		Above Int or Pg2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South east	Calm			Speed wing	Tandem
102	3/8/2018	7:15:00 AM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Launch	While forward launching from the Summit Road (Port Hills) to Lyttelton, I touched down at speed and was unable to remain on my feet, and then got pulled a little further down the bank. The launch site was rocky.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs		5	None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South west	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
103	11/3/2018	2:13:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	I took off at lake Hawea and immediately recognised that i had made a mistake as the wind was to strong. Applied full bar and big ears in an attempt to land at the beach. As i got lower the wind strength increased and i ended up getting blown backwards and landing on the edge of the cliff and getting dragged over the fence as the wing dropped through the power zone.	Minor ( first aid only or no treatment	Lower limbs	sprained ankle	150	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face, Certified for flight, Damaged	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried		Not known	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	North west	Strong gusts		the sea breeze came in a lot stronger than i expected.	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
104	3/30/2018	12:05:00 PM	Marlborough	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Approach to landing	Pilot was thoroughly briefed pre flight, detailed flight plan was established. Pilot responded well to radio instruction throughout the flight, approached the landing (Endeavour park, 2 rugby fields) at 300 ft, used figure eight approach along the downwind boundary to lose height. Wind light NW, diagonally corner to corner. After 3 legs pilot flew crosswind towards the opposite corner. About halfway pilot was instructed to turn left into wind (90 degrees), as agreed, for final approach. Pilot used severe left brake, causing the glider to enter a diving turn. Pilot continued the turn beyond the required 90 degrees, continuing through 270 before hitting the ground.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Broken right femur	1	None	Open face, Damaged	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried		Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North west	Calm, Steady, Light, 5 to 10kmh, steady NW	Instructor had concerns over pilot's ability to follow instructions, and over one week of thorough groundhandling was undertaken to establish Ed's ability to undertake first low flights. Over this time Ed achieved and demonstrated satisfactory coordination and glider handling ability. Concerns were allayed when parent (headteacher) was contacted in England by phone to establish his ability. Reassurance was given that no learning disability was known, beyond being "forgetful at times". Instructors need to be circumspect when suspecting unreliability in student behaviour.	Sunny, pre thermal activity	Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
105	3/8/2018	3:30:00 PM	Auckland	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Came in to topland - down wind leg, just initiated turn to crab in. The wind was quite shifty and gusty at times. Got a bit of a gust (or rotor?) that pushed me further in than I expected. Saw another pilot on the ground I was directly flying into - think I froze, too focussed on avoiding him, and rather than turning away from him and out to the sea I probably automatically weight shifted more into the hill. Crashed into slope (feet first and then onto my face). Immediately felt stinging, strong pain in the mid to lower back.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper spine	Fractured T12. No spinal injury, fracture is stable and should heal without surgery.	10	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Karioitahi	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	West	Moderate gusts	To be honest, I knew better. I felt sluggish and tired that day (actually had a pretty silly top landing earlier too), and arrived with mild headaches and little motivation to fly. I only flew because everyone else seemed to have fun, but I was mentally absent. Just 10 min earlier I had a chat with some other pilots, making comments about how unfamiliar we all felt on our mini wings that day, given that we hardly flew them this year (but then, you don't get familiar again unless you fly!). I wanted to top land so my partner could fly the wing and I could grab my gear - otherwise I would have called it a day and landed on the beach. BIG THANKS to everyone who helped with the rescue!! Please learn from my mistake and only fly when you feel 100%.		Paraglider	PG2 or Int
106	4/14/2018	11:30:00 AM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Take off run	Sam launched At the speedwing launch at gondola. Running full speed stumbled on tussock at the cliffedge and tumbled down a series of drops to the road. Wing never inflated. Managed by other pilots and paramedics arrived and transferred to hospital by helicopter	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Head, Lower limbs, Chest				Open face	Basic	Not carried		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Calm		Becoming thermic	Speed wing	PG2 or Int
107	4/13/2018	1:30:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	On landing at approximately 10kmh touched down and placed left leg on grass , right leg on rock unsteady and rolled right leg leading to a significant ankle fracture. Ambulance called by pilot and passing by general public assisted. Occured at top landing area for Twin Towers . Transferred to hospital by ambulance	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs			None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Towers	Int or PG2		20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South west	Steady	This information is not complete and collated from discussing the incident with the pilot and from my knowledge of the weather on the day. The pilot will be completing their own report when able to.		Speed wing	PG2 or Int
108	4/22/2018	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Descent maneouvre	proximity flying. lines caught in bush resulting in a pendulum sharp turn into hillside.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine	medical check up only. discharged with pain killers.	0.3	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Treble Cone, wanaka	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Steady			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
109	4/14/2018	11:20:00 AM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Take off run	Ran and ankle fell in small hole. Tripped and fell down cliff face. Knocked unconscious	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Head, Lower spine, Chest, Abdomen		5	Destroyed	Open face, Damaged	Basic	Not carried	Chch gondola	Not known	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North	Thermals		No	Speed wing	PG2 or Int
110	4/19/2018	4:30:00 PM	Waikato	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	after being blown backwards in a gust front, after landing wing laid back onto a power pole.				3	None	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Te Puru	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South west	Steady		light drizzle dissipating on far side of gulf	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
111	5/5/2018	2:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Take off run	Reversed launched, turned, corrected the wing at it was to his left slightly, over corected and was pushed to the right. Stumbled and fell over towards his right. which made the wing turned further and dragged him into a rocky area. Stopped about 50 ft from launch area.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine, Lower limbs	L7 small fracture, a decent cut on fore arm and some abraisions. Needs neck support for 4 weeks. 3 days in hospital. May have left early but MRI scan diagnosed a medical issue that was not related to this accident. Hes on blood thinners to recify this issue.	1	Minor (glider flies normally)	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried		Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Steady		10 - 12 km	Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
112	5/8/2018	5:00:00 PM	Bay of Plenty	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Flew through sinking air towards landing zone and glide ratio decreased so I didn't make landing zone. Landed heavy on side of hill	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	Broken leg and ankle. No other injury	8	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Mauao west face	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South west	Variable	I need to check my wof date as I don't have my wing to check. It was within 12 months however.	Kaimais causes fluctuating wind from west	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
113	6/18/2018	4:00:00 PM	Auckland	Fatality	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Climbing	Pilot had had a soaring flight of over an hour just previously ( launching off the top take off ). We were going to do some towed flights and practise spot landings . Launch went well. At a height of about 100 to 150 feet. Glider started to veer off the tow direction . I immediately stopped the vehicle and pulled the back up release. The back up release did not work and the glider started to enter a lock out scenario. I repeatedly pulled the back up release to no avail and the pilot impacted hard on the beach.	Fatal	Head, Chest		1	Destroyed	Open face	Pod	Not carried		Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South west	Steady	I believe the reason for this tragic accident is the failure of the back up release to operate. I have used this method of towing for many many years. Until this tragic accident I believed had an extremely safe towing system. I have had an extremely good record with no incidents towing. I believe there are only two possible causes for the back up release to not operate.1.0 Mechanical failure of some description 2.0 the release rope getting tangled and being prevented from being operational.As part of my standard operating procedure I have always previously checked it is operational before proceeding and thought I had done so before this flight As the release has not worked one of these causes must have come into being and I must accept complete responsibility for this tragic accident. My profound regrets to everyone involved.		Hang glider	Student
114	7/19/2018	4:10:00 PM	Wellington	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Testing the accident reporting system	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs	test	50	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face		Carried but not deployed	Testing Place	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South east	Steady	just testing this after advisory meeting	hhehewrq	Hang glider
115	1/7/2018	5:00:00 PM	Wellington	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Just testing accident repoting on mobile phone	Seems to work on phone ok but unable to enter today's date for day of accident				30	None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Wgtn	Not known	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	South west	Steady	Sorry to bother you Evan. Just testing it in mobile this time	Test	Hang glider	Advanced
116	7/16/2018	1:00:00 PM	Auckland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	I was flying at Muriwai (the day the 2 fishermen died), I was at around 500ft at Janies in a WNW crossing from Janies to NW face when I heard the Fire station siren go off and then seconds later heard a helicopter, couldn’t see him but knew he was close …I immediately started doing wingovers and top landed on the NW face pretty quickly, the Heli which was dark blue or black did one circuit around the NW face TO quite low as I landed …I was a little uncomfortable at how close they were to me but I landed safely, they continued doing this circuit many times without issue, after about 20 mins they left and the Westpac Rescue heli arrived and landed near the Surf club somewhere …not sure where the original one was from. How can we make these guys aware of how vulnerable we are to them? …if there were beginner pilots there who may have taken longer to descend they may have been attending another rescue.					None				Muriwai, Maori Bay near Otakamiro Point	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Steady	I guess thats the point I want to make is that even though these guys are attending a life or in this case death rescue I wouldn’t like them to be the cause of another death, I am well aware that when they come to the beach its generally for a rescue and I will descend and land asap.		Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
117	7/30/2018	12:08:00 AM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Proximity	Failed to account for a 1m high rock outcrop on the top of the ridge when beginning a turn	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs, Lower spine		2	None	Full face, Damaged	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Christchurch Gondola	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
118	8/22/2018	4:08:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Descent maneouvre	Pulled turn to low and landed in tree				5.5	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Basic	Not carried		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Moderate gusts		Shear layer	Speed wing	PG2 or Int
119	8/10/2018	3:00:00 PM	Waikato	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Misjudged setup a little on landingNC and just cut it a bit fine. Came in between a tree and a container. No issue, perfect landing, but.. should have given myself more height, and not cut it as fine. If I'd got something wrong, could have clipped the tree with my lines, at a couple of metres off the ground. Next time will give myself more space.				218	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Powered	Carried but not deployed	Thames Aerodrome	Not rated	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North west	Steady		possible rain approaching, but not related.	Powered glider ( Hang or Para)	Motor (PPG or PHG)
120	4/9/2018	12:30:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	Speed landing on skis in thermic conditions, potential misjudgment of terrain in turbulent conditions.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Head, Lower limbs, Lower spine	Head injury, Tib fin fracture and lower spine.	5	None	Open face, Damaged	Basic	Not carried		Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East	Thermals		Calm and light up high. Thermic and changeable in the valley.	Speed wing	PG2 or Int
121	9/23/2018	5:00:00 PM	Hawkes bay	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Take off run	During a routine forward launch and well into take off run the right side of the wing collapsed 40-50% causing pilot to fall forward onto hands. Was unable to stall the wing as had insufficient brake travel and a steepening slop which increased pilots overall speed, was unable to stop before roughly 2m high bank and proceeds over the edge before coming to rest on the road bellow	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs	Checked over by GP and given all clear	66	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Temata Peak western face (launch)	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
122	9/30/2018	3:00:00 PM	Tasman	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Shortly after launch ( 1Min Approx)	Description from Site witness ( Paraglider pilot ) Pilot Launched fine and began climbing steadily. Pilot turned to the right of take-off. shortly thereafter the glider was observed to enter a right hand turn and then proceeded downwind and glider impacted with the hill just behind take- off. Glider came to rest on keel. pilot was knocked unconscious and and was found facing rearward. Pilot regained consciousness after 10 mins. Pilot taken to hospital by ambulance. Witness mentioned that it was at maximum wind speed on site for paragliding but the conditions were OK for hang gliding ( Pilot used to be a Hang Glider Pilot). Witness also observed that the pilot made a thorough pre-flight inspection of his glider.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Head	Pilot was found unconscious, regained consciousness within 10 minutes. MRI scan performed on pilot found nothing untoward however one eye remained very dilated and swollen. Pilot put into induced Coma as a precautionary measure.		Minor (glider flies normally)	Full face, Certified for flight	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Barnicoat Hill	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts, Strong gusts		The Area in which this pilot entered shortly after take-off can be very turbulent in a North Easterly. Suspect that Glider may have stalled a wing causing the right hand turn to down wind.	Hang glider	PG2 or Int
123	9/30/2018	5:30:00 PM	Auckland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	Paraglider flying at north head in a northerly wind, took off to the north and turned to the right, I ended up travelling too far to the east around the head and, when I turned to go back I could not make any head way, I landed in a small area on the eastern side of the headland near the water but couldn't deflate my wing before I started to get pulled back towards the rocks. I quickly relaunched to 'hop' past the rocks and oysters behind me and land in the sand and shin deep water on the other side.				20	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried	North Head	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North	Calm, Variable			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
124	9/16/2018	4:00:00 PM	Auckland	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	At my local site, Army Bay, North, had great flight on 777 Queen 2 in the morning. In the afternoon the wind had freshened up and I wanted to practise on my "miniwing" 777, P light 19. It was low tide and safe to land in front of cliff. I just used a basic mountain harness, without speedbar connected or back protector (never again!). Ultimately, got blown high, then could not pentrate, then went to the wrong part of the cliff and tried to get down and forward, wing dived forward more than anticipated when going from wind into rotor, brakes were not as effective as expected, swung under the wing too low, things were then happening very fast, for PLT I only got feet together, knees together, knees bent, impact! Squat straight down. About 10m behind cliff edge at top landing site. Severe pain lower back. Crawled forward to lay flat and rolled onto my back (thanks for recent First Aid course!). Forced myself to breath, called ambulance. Wiggled toes and fingers happily and in agony.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper spine, Lower spine		5	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Army Bay, North	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	North	Steady	The problem was several poor decisions by myself: When drifting back and pulling As 100%, even to 50% collapses, I felt rushed and missed two important considerations: One, try the speed system of the wing, I did not even think of it as it was not connected to a stirrup, and two, just turn left instead of right, where I most likely could have come lower and penetrated. I just turned right out of habit (mind clouded by panic), because it is the top landing and bottom landing site. Then when over the landing site, I still could not penetrate and did steep turns to speed up, increase wing loading and get down to try to penetrate or land. I did not consider a controlled crash in bushes or going downwind over flax and soft ground. My mind was set on landing, not crashing.	Wind direction was 20 degrees further left than usual, resulting in more lift	Speed wing	PG2 or Int
125	10/3/2018	1:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch	Inflated my wing to take off at the top of Greengates chair lift on Coronet peak. Wind blew me back toward the wooden post at the top of the NW launch. My wing became stuck over the post.				10	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Coronet Peak	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North west	Strong gusts, Thermals			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
126	10/24/2018	9:23:00 AM	Northland	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)																				Hang glider	PG3 or Adv
127	10/13/2018	12:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Exited spiral/B-roll close to the ground facing the car park, I made a quick turn to the centre of the rugby field which put me in another dive toward the fround	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs, Lower spine		2	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Queenstown rugby field	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	None	Calm			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
128	10/14/2018	8:30:00 AM	Southern	Fatality	Local recreation	After Launch	Information I have received are that he clipped the ground shortly after launch. Wind conditions were Lee side with strong wind around from the SW. He launched from Isthmus Peak towards the Lake Hawea. A detailed report has been filled with the Police.	Fatal	Head, Upper limbs, Upper spine, Lower limbs, Lower spine, Chest, Abdomen	Injuries unknown. Pilot was rescued by helicopter but died later that day in Dunedin Hospital.					Not carried	Isthmus Peak, Wanaka	Not rated		Reported that it was whitecapping strong on the lakes and very windy on the summit that morning.	South west	Leeside where he Launched and planned on flying.	Details are limited due to the nature of this accident. Go Pro footage as well as a full report has been filled with the police.	Conditions were observed about an hour after the accident.	Speed wing	not licensed
129	11/13/2018	11:30:00 AM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Landing	Koichi was flying the skyline gondola in Queenstown. As he was on the final approach from the east landing toward the west he approached with big ears in as the air was fairly turbulent/thermic. As he released the big ears within the final 50-100 metres he encountered sinking air which did not give him enough height to clear the trees on the edge of the recreation ground. This left him dropping into a willow tree, where fortunately his lines reached full extension just above the ground and he was able to unclip and walk away.				150	None	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Skyline gondola	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	West	Moderate gusts			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
130	11/25/2018	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)		Reserve repack	Upon inspection of a reserve setup, as part of an annual repack, the maillons connecting the reserve to the harness was found to be completely undone. The reserve and harness had been purchased overseas as a package, and had been setup by a French school/shop. This is the second time I have come across a reserve where the maillon has been found open during a repack.							Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed									Paraglider
131	11/17/2018	5:00:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Cross country	Climbing	In a right hand turn near the slope, I stalled the right (inside) wingtip. I felt it happening but decided it was best to keep it stalled and face land as I was, rather than have it surge. I was oriented slightly towards the slope but turning away for a good face landing angle, albeit with a higher descent rate and no flare. Despite feet being in the pod my legs absorbed the impact and I was not hurt. No damage to glider although some effort to remove from matagouri bushes. It was just a heavy landing - but relied on forgiving terrain. Had it happened over cliffs the situation would have been different. I fly more carefully next to cliffs. The situation arose when doing a 360 fairly close to terrain - I gave it too much of a squeeze. The glider is also starting to get worn out so with porosity and line shrinkage will be closer to stall point. It was a good reminder to keep an airspeed margin while flying.				300	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Richardson range south of Glenorchy about 500m above lake	Not known	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North	Variable		Sultry day, weather not dangerous	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
132	12/2/2018	6:20:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	We were flying two local pilots over the skyline gondola and misjudged a potential storm coming rather quickly than expected, at the moment we took off there was light conditions at launch, not strong wind noticiable, no wind on the lake, etc. As we saw some cumulonimbus coming over the top of Ben Lomond we decided to quickly take off before a potential thread could come, truth was that few minutes after we were airborn, we were flying over 55kph gusts, which make us decided undesired but safer landing options.					None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Skyline Gondola	Above Int or Pg2	More than 10 flights	More than 50 kph ( >27 kn)	strong gusts coming through the gorge/valley	Variable			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
133	12/10/2018	10:00:00 AM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	Luka was on his first high flight off of rocky gully. He was being brought in for his landing approach. Luka made his turn on final and was instructed to being getting out of his harness to prepare for landing. At this time Luka started to drift off course to the right towards mount smile. There is a small group of pine trees just south of smile. Luka was instructed to turn the glider to the left to avoid the trees. But he did not react to the commands given to him. Luka landed his glider in this small group of trees. When I got over to him Luka still in the harness and on the ground with the middle of the wing hung up in the trees. Luka was uninjured and the glider had no damage. At this Luka stated that he could not see the trees for he had taken off his eye glasses that he needs to see because they where giving him a head ach.				0	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Coronet Peak	Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Calm			Paraglider	Student
134	12/22/2018	2:00:00 PM	Hawkes bay	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch					110	None	Full face	Pod	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	South east	Moderate gusts		A bit strong at times.	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
135	12/21/2018	12:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	while attempting a Landing in Heathcote park, Michael crept forward while doing a figure eight approach. He then did a too aggressive turn to turn in for his final, His flare was ineffective and landed heavily on his butt.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	fractured vertibra lower	4	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Not carried		Int or PG2	Pilots first flight at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North east	Calm	Michael had done around 55 flights, 7hrs plus and was going to be signed off with the other 2 pilots who was with us that day. We checked out the landing area prior, discussed the flight plan and landing approach,. We then preceded with a hike and fly to the top. At top there was 10-15 km wind at launch. At ground level it was calm. He allowed himself to drift forward off his base line at the landing area. That meant he had to do low level turns to lose height. His last turn into wind was too sharp and combined with a flare that was too late he landed hard on his butt. I had taken off in a tandem after Michael and had landed prior to Michael. I was quiet close to him at the time and had told him to flare but he had not or was to late to react. When he saw the ground rush up I think he had a brain freeze. We originally thought it was not that serious and we drove him to the hospital for a checkup.		Paraglider	PG2 or Int
136	12/22/2018	6:45:00 PM	Taranaki	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Gliding	Pilot flying along a 200 foot high coastal ridge in smooth 11 knot winds, flew into rotor turbulence, attempting to round a promontory while only 10 feet above the cliff top. Glider's left wing collapsed and the pilot used excessive right brake to counter steer. This initiated a full stall that the pilot maintained to avoid contacting the vertical cliff face. Descent rate was very slow, allowing a safe landing on a sloping plateau 80 feet above beach. I was flying above and behind the pilot, so after witnessing the incident landed above the pilot and called 111. The Fire Service safely retrieved him from the accident scene, using expert climbers and ropes.				65	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	West	Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
137	1/3/2019	2:00:00 PM	Northland	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	Heavy Landing onto rocks	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs		50	Minor (glider flies normally)	Open face, Certified for flight	With certified back protection	unsure if carried	Between Tapeka Point and Long Beach, Russell	Not rated	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	west of north	Variable, Steady	Due to light conditions, pilot had to land on rocky beach below launch, misjudged the landing and landed heavy Birth date of Pilot is a guess only		Paraglider	PG2 or Int
138	4/1/2019	8:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Pilot arrived at takeoff with suspected broken wrist. He had been flying below and in front of takeoff. I would avoid this location in these conditions. Paula Race and I packed away wing, while Paula's partner drove accident victim to hospital. I had flown Taylors Mistake earlier. Wind meter on takeoff read 22-25kmh at 7PM, in air the airspeed was 26-30kmh.(using vario/gps) I found strong lift over takeoff, with moderate turbulence - so I soared Scarborough Cliffs and landed at Sumner Beach (LZ3). I did not want to fly in gut, top land or land in gut (LZ2) due to venturi in gut and possible rotor. IMHO the injured pilot should not have flown in the gut, and probably should have waited for less windy conditions. The safety suggestions I'd say are 1 ) Familiarize self with site before flying. 2 ) consider whether your experience is adequate for current conditions. 3 ) be careful of strong wind, it cause strong turbulence	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs	Paula Race PIN 6052 & pilot with her may know the injured pilot's details.		None	Open face			Taylors Mistake, Sumner, Christchurch	Nov or PG1		26 - 35 kmh	East	Moderate gusts, Turbulent			Paraglider
139	12/24/2018	2:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Cross country	Landing	On landing I did not flare, aiming to get over a hump, however I misjudged my height and did not clear the hump, resulting in me landing at full speed which made me lose my footing. I put an arm out to catch my fall and broke my wrist.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs		50	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	St Bathans - Dunstan Creek Valley	Not rated	Pilots first flight at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
140	1/8/2019	12:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Launch	Big Wack	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	T12 burst fracture, no surgery	250	None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Treble Cone	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North west	Variable, Thermals, Turbulent			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
141	1/16/2019	9:25:00 PM	Southern	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Big frontal collapse on cross wind leg prior to landing, low to ground, not able to recover control. Wing stalled and I fell 5m onto asphalt, straight onto my airbag. Airbag was amazingly effective, with my only injuries being to my arms where i instinctively put my hands down to catch my fall (broken left arm and right wrist).				10	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Skyline Queenstown	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Variable, Calm conditions at take-off and landing, but W wind coming in, visible on lake.		Gusts from incoming west wind arrived just as I was approaching landing.	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
142	1/21/2019	3:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation, Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	Shane dad done around 45 flights and was practicing soaring, top landings, and reverse launches. He drifted into the front of the launch area , contemplated to top land but decided not to. He tried to clear the hill but his foot a rock which was probably not that obvious being partially hidden among some tussocks.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	fracture to the ankle	5	None	Open face	With certified back protection	Not carried		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Steady			Paraglider	PG1 or Nov
143	12/25/2018	11:00:00 AM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	SIV	Reserve thrown due to twisted Glider during Stall				90	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Deployed and effective	Coronet Peak - Flight Park	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South west	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
144	2/7/2019	3:51:00 PM	Tasman	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Competition	Climbing	At the time: I had just started to turn in a thermal to the left and had another pilot brush over the top left of my wing which made a pop sound as the wing reinflated. After reviewing the flight logs: The other pilot had started to circle before I flew under them. I entered the same thermal underneath the pilot and as I turned the pilot above tightened their turn. This was when they touched the wing. Neither of us had seen each other. If I had paid closer attention to what they were doing before I entered the thermal I would have seen them climbing. With that information I should have waited to enter the thermal because where I entered was too close to the same height.					None	Full face, Certified for flight	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Mt Murchison	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts, Thermals		Some ridge lift with thermals and a bit of congestion	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
145	2/7/2019	4:00:00 PM	Tasman	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Competition	Gliding	After losing height in a transition glide decided to return to the previous thermal.Strong sink was encountered trying to cross a ridge and sank into the trees. While initially holding onto a branch in the canopy trying to secure to the tree with the reserve fell approximately 20 meters to the ground. Reserve opened during the fall. Broken Tibia and Fibula on impact. Cell phone service was available to call emergency services.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs			None	Open face	Basic	Deployed and effective	Mt Murchison	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Moderate gusts, Thermals, Some ridge lift			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
146	12/23/2018	3:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Low, slow turn on landing approach resulting in left wing tip contacting the ground. Pilot swung through A frame resulting in a broken upper right arm from contact with the right down tube.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs		50	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Certified for flight	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Flight Park, Queenstown, Coronet	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	Switching				Hang glider	Hang Gliding - Advanced
147	2/12/2019	5:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Launch	Either a cascade has caught or a knot was in the C & B lines on launch. I have flown away from take off and realised the problem. Right side of wing was vert deformed m glide ratio was about 2-1. I had no option but to make an emergency crash landing in shallow trees I was able to pick out				0	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Basic	Carried but not deployed	West Launch of gondola	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	West	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
148	2/20/2019	2:00:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	An eye whitness said he was coming in on approach deep on the breaks, potentially the glider pre stalled or was close to it when he released the breaks it pitched forward and he dove into the ground.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine	Not sure of injuries he was taken from the accident site by Ambulance.						Flight Park, Queenstown	Nov or PG1		10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North	Variable			Paraglider	Not Licensed
149	2/23/2019	5:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	After landing ( e.g. dragged on ground)	After a good strong wind soaring session and successful landing, I lost my balance as I was bringing the wing down, accidentally pulled one brake hard to keep balance and got taken for a small ride as the wing spun around.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs	Fracture of radial head in right arm	1	None	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Allendale	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	40 to 50 (22 to 27 kn)	East	Strong and steady varying high 30 to low 40 km/h with small gust range.			Speed wing	PG2 or Int
150	2/23/2019	3:20:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Climbing	Climbing out of valley shortly after takeoff in strong thermal. Experienced major frontal collapse, negative spin, wing recovered but caught rock ledge with trailing edge. Heavy impact backward, left hanging in harness on rock face with wing fully inflated over head hooked on by trailing edge. Able to get footing on ledge, release risers, remove harness. Phoned 111. Rescued on long line by local SAR. Flown to hospital in rescue helicopter .	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs, Lower limbs, Chest	L Pneumothorax, L 11th Rib Fracture, L Femur Greater Trachantor Fracture and Skin Lacerations	35	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Pakatuhi (Breast hill) track. Lake Hawea. Lat -44.58702 Long 169.3353	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North	Thermals		Northerly building later that day.	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
151	3/2/2019	5:45:00 AM	Auckland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Lost height suddenly on approach to top landing and got caught between a concrete building and a tree. Thought I could save it and tried to land on the path but got an extra inch of lift just at the edge which took me down the slope, and the wing onto the tree. Minor graze to shin, wing damaged whilst recovering from tree.				30	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed		Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	20 to 30 (11 to 16 kn)	North east	Steady, Moderate gusts			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
152	3/2/2019	4:50:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Competition	Climbing	I was crossing from the Craigieburn range towards the Torlesse range via Broken hill. I reached the Torlesse range at 3/4 of the way up to the ridge top. I found a thermal to climb up along the ridge, which was leading to the Torlesse ridge top. I was 15 meters above one of these side ridges when I lost my thermal and I accidently flew into some descending air, which led to my glider pitching forward. I caught this, saving myself from frontal collapse, then I sank into the ridge with a crash landing onto steep rocks. After that I contacted the competition organiser, but my phone was extremely damaged from the impact and I lost reception.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs	middle spine (7,8,9 Vertebrates)	50	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Torlesse range	Above Int or Pg2	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	West	Variable, Moderate gusts, Thermals		thermal acrivity	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
153	3/3/2019	2:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Approach to landing	Coming into land from a paragliding flight at Little RIver, I experienced some turbulence As I got closer to the ground approx 4-5 metres I had a major assymetric collapse which spun me around & dropped me to the ground on my back with some force. I immediately felt lower back pain. After visiting the after hours clinic & getting an xray, I was sent to Christchurch hospital with a fractured T12 vertabrae. After CT scan & MRI I was fitted with a back support brace & released on 05 Mar 2019	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine		12	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Little River,	Int or PG2	Less than 10 flights at this site	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	South west	Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
154	2/2/2019	4:30:00 PM	Marlborough	Accident with damage ( significant structural damage)	Local recreation	Take off run	When I started to inflate my wing, a strong wind blow me up when I was still in reverse position. When I was pulling the brakes to stop it, my arm hit the hill and I broke my wrist, then I've been dragged by my wing for few meters. Finally I've been able to stand up and go to the hospital.					None	Open face	Basic	Carried but not deployed	Seddon, yealands winery	Not known	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South east	Moderate gusts			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
155	3/5/2019	12:10:00 PM	Overseas	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	after completing siv flight, made approach to land and was flapping to come down when my wing shot forward, i over braked drive and stalled wing falling from approx 3m. landed heavily and dislocated shoulder	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Upper limbs		45	None	Open face, Certified for flight	Basic, Stirrup, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	lake st claire nsw	Not rated	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South east	Variable		slightly thermic	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
156	3/11/2019	2:30:00 PM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Landing	Took off from Gondola south west takeoff. Had a nice flight briefly soaring the hill of take off, then made way over town. Come into approach as normal, headed down robins road, then right turn onto crosswind leg over the edge of the rugby field. Had slightly too much height so did a figure eight. Got to correct height and turned onto final approach where I unexpectedly hit sink and fell approx 5 meters landing on my butt on the rugby field. Club member suggested I may have been on brakes too much also. Someone watching called ambo as I tried to get up and fell down and had lower back pain and numbness in leg. Got xrays and scans etc and all clear. Just deep bruising and pain thankfully. Very thankful for harness with back protector.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine		35	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Skyline Gondola	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Steady			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
157	12/3/2019	4:00:00 PM	Hawkes bay	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Launch	Risers twisted and locked during launch, induced turn, downwind landing on ridge	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower limbs			None	Open face	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed		Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	East				Paraglider	PG2 or Int
158	3/5/2019	6:10:00 PM	Hawkes bay	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Launch	after seeing video of the incident shortly after the accident and speaking with Graham Willan in hospital it would appear Graham has had a failed launch which resulted in Graham being dragged at speed into a fixed farm gate. Conditions at the time of launch were in the pilots opinion and from what I'd observed prior to the failed launch within the pilots ability. The video shows no issues with the initial phase of the launch, however it was noted by the pilot and seen in the video that to much break input was applied after the pilot had turned into wind after the reverse launch. The pilot has then been lightly lifted into the air a small distance before touching down again which caused the left side of the paraglider to lose line tension. The wing has then dipped significantly on the opposite side and caused the pilot to be dragged at speed across the launch. The pilot has ended up contacting a farm gate at speed and been swung under the wing before coming to rest a short distance down the back of launch, a few witnesses where quickly on the scene soon after.	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Upper limbs, Lower limbs				Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Te Mata Peak (Telecom Tower Launch)	Not known		10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Steady		none	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
159	3/18/2019	1:30:00 PM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Aerobatic maneouvre	flying on a familiar site, Coronet Peak, weather conditions were light winds, bright sunny autumn day. Intention was to practice wingovers, got into position flying along performed some wingovers follow by spiral dive, spiral had more momentum than previous attempts and unable to recover the glider and landed on a tree. Climbed down the tree assisted by another pilot. Wing was recovered undamaged. Went to hospital for a check up, released with no injuries identify further physio needed for calf muscle.				50	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	flight park	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)	North	Calm		nothing	Paraglider	PG2 or Int
160	3/23/2019	11:33:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Tandem ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of any other people involved).	Take off run	Preliminary Accident Report Day, Date, Time: Saturday, 23 March 2019, 11:33AM. Short description: Aborted Tandem Launch, Wing drags pilot & passenger across the hill. Passenger: no injury. Pilot: minor injury to left knee. Details Tandem Commercial 115 Adventure Aviation Operation. Treble Cone Ski Area. Pub Corner Launch Site. 1100M AMSL. Weather: Clear, good visibility, light winds, light thermic cycle. Wind Record from Pub Corner Weather Station from 11AM-12Noon. North East Average 6.6-8.5 kph and max gust to 10.5 kph. Weather was not a factor. Pilot: 83KG Passenger: 82KG All up weight: 188KG Glider OZONE Magnum 2 CAA#32Q. Weight range 130-220KG (58KG from bottom, 32KG from top). Wing Loading was not a factor. Preliminary Investigation by CEO. Takeoff video collected, pilot interviewed, pilot drug screened (negative). Further Investigation by OIO to find root cause to follow. Report to CAA 005, WhatsApp/Investigations, WhatsApp/Safety, TC ZeroHarm/Notifications, NZHGPA AIRS	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower limbs			None	Certified for flight	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Treble Cone Ski Area. Pub Corner Launch Site	Above Int or Pg2	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)		Thermals			Paraglider	Tandem
161	4/8/2019	11:00:00 AM	Southern	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Local recreation	Climbing	3rd flight of the day. Climbing in a weak thermal shortly after launch. They were close to the terrain and were concerned they were going to get too close. Tightened up on a 360 turn whilst pointing at the hill. Glider spun. Went hands up after about 180 degrees. Glider started to recover, but insufficient altitude and too much rotational momentum. Hit the ground having rotated approximately 360 degrees.	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Head	Concussion. Cut to arm. Possible broken left arm and sore back, but both cleared after x-ray.	12	None	Full face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Cardrona	Nov or PG1	Less than 10 flights at this site	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable			Paraglider	HGFA PG4
162	4/14/2019	11:30:00 AM	Northland	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Ground handling	Whilst ground handling a wing to lay it out, I was lofted and continued to rise. I was unable to gain forward penetration and after attempting to fly away was unable to escape compression. Once established this and was stable I big ears and top landed.					None	Not worn	Pod, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Te Mairie	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	30 to 40 (16 to 22 kn)	West	Strong gusts	Lesson in rushing and not following protocols while getting caught up with a larger then expected amount of pilots attending. Should focusing on the task in hand and although pilots had flown before the task was undertaken not taking stock of weather again prior. Reported to club safety officer	Squall front came through unobserved by pilot	Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
163	4/13/2019	2:00:00 PM	Southern	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Local recreation	Landing	Miss judged spiral landing	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Lower spine		50	None	Open face, Certified for flight	With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Treble cone	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	Less than 10 km/h (5 kn)		Calm			Paraglider	PG2 or Int
164	3/3/2019	1:20:00 PM	Canterbury	Serious Accident (Serious injury, person missing)	Competition	Climbing	I was flying in a thermal very close to the ground. I let the wing fly with no brake and got a big frontal. I was around 40 meters to the ground at the time and no altitude to throw the rescue. I tried my best to reopen the wing but no enough time to do it. Landed on a slope with not friendly rocks. was around 40 pilot at the time of the accident so few pilots saw me on the ground. 1 pilot landed next to me and help me. I have my gps and inreach, I didnt call the rescue team as another pilot did it. this is the link from my flyght https://ayvri.com/scene/31jnmng2kd/cjtrxi7xg00012c6diveokwn7?fbclid=IwAR1OFm4t3qL13K8z907F-cKrX0bjL5vwK905VYbZc13CW3JkHzQfx3ZbmFM	Serious ( Hospital admission, major fracture, internal organ damage)	Head, Lower spine, Chest	Leg, arm	50	None	Open face	Pod	Carried but not deployed	Mt Cheeseman Ski Field Rd, Castle Hill 7580	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	South west	Variable, Moderate gusts, Thermals			Paraglider	PG3 or Adv
165	4/30/2019	12:30:00 AM	Southern	Near miss or Minor incident ( minor or no damage, no injury)	Local recreation	Shortly after takeoff	Very soon after takeoff, the main B line released from the mallion it was attached to. The line had been replaced after a previous accident. The line had been spliced but not stitched.				10	Significant ( glider requires repair before flying)	Open face	Basic	Not carried	Skyline Gondola	Int or PG2	More than 10 flights			Calm	The lines on the glider are unsheathed and have been replaced with unsheathed lines. The lines on the glider are silver in colour and have been stitched with black thread which makes inspecting the glider a lot easier. There were 10 or more lines replaced on the glider stitched with white thread so that is over 20 splices which had been made. There were 3 splices in total that had not been stitched, Two were attached to other lines with a larks foot so they were less likely to release. The one that released was the outer main B line attached to the riser's mallion, it released at the mallion.		Speed wing	PG2 or Int
166	5/12/2019	2:00:00 PM	Canterbury	Minor Injury accident ( medical treatment or ACC claim)	Instruction ( if you have not done so please go back to provide details of other people involved).	Landing	Pilot overturned on landing approach then over corrected and landed heavily without flaring. 37th flight	Moderate ( Doctor visit or ACC claim)	Lower spine	compression L1/2, released home for recovery, no surgery	5	None	Open face	Basic, With certified back protection	Carried but not deployed	Taylors Mistake landing area	Nov or PG1	More than 10 flights	10 to 20 ( 5 to 11 kn)	North east	Variable		wind was increasing and student was requested to go and land	Paraglider	PG1 or Nov