My Paragliding Crash

[@robroy25]

Thank you for sharing, you made the right decision to land when it started to rain....bad luck with the collapse, great insight to throw the silk...glad you are safe and well. Cheers.

[@alphakats]

Wow! Thank you for posting as this has emphasised to me the dangers of flying in rain. We're all guilty now and again of trying to push our luck and guess luck was on your your side. Well done for managing this situation in the right way!

[@widgity]

i swear basically any video of an unintentional (or unplanned) landing with a paraglider always ends in a tree... even if there are no trees around, one will suddenly grow XD it's as if they're trying to catch you.

[@42bwawa12]

wowXD

[@lokikopase2510]

+widgity you just bade my day i had a great laugh.

[@hxsm8090]

+widgity that's what they are for. to let human safely land. but we cut them off too much in favor of cars.

[@gkaarobert]

You don't see any other video without trees, beacause they are all dead.

[@grejen711]

www.agassizharrisonobserver.com/news/paraglider-rescued-from-tree-in-harrison-mills/

[@sebastiankarger6187]

Ehrlich. Ich kannte das Video nicht aber gleich zu beginn habe ich das knistern gehört und dachte mir das regnet doch! Hier an dieser stelle ist eine gute Beratung vom Wetterdienst erforderlich. Das senkt das Risikomanagement! Bei solchen bedingungen wäre ich nie geflogen ! Nicht mal wenn ich runter laufen müsste! Hast nochmal Glück gehabt! Ps. Bin im Besitz eines A-scheins, B- Scheins und eines Motorschirmscheins. fliege seit 2012 und mir ist noch nie was passiert! Also immer dran denken Happy landings!

[@safranpollen]

fault was to do a take off at those weather conditions. , y0ur experience and a portion of luck was leading to a good end !

[@chickenwynx]

Why did you start at these weatherconditions???? Rain was foresee!. You blame yourself

[@federikus2928]

Chickenwyn x I agree with you!

[@Mloger]

Good comment :)!

[@ElCid48]

Grazie per la condivisione di questa esperienza. Molti atleti del parapendio possono salvare la vita seguendo i tuoi consigli. Buona fortuna in qualsiasi modo desiderato.

[@leonardopiazerahessmann5442]

Thank u for sharing this man! Have nice flights

[@MandolinSunrise]

Glad to see you're ok, thanks for sharing this.

[@matthieup5098]

Rain increases stall speed. As a prohylactic measure, you could have pushed the bar to avoid parachutal stall. You will not always have a tree or plenty space below you the next time it occurs.

[@footsy420]

The tree was probably nicer to land in than the ground. It looked pretty soft.

[@peterphil9686]

Trees save us a lot of injury... thanks for share ...really instructive video

[@genogeno1234]

So glad you made it! Well done.

[@hubert1142]

well done throwing the reserve! glad u r ok. many happy landings! :)

[@Feeding-Stray-Cats]

What was the weather condition? windy? lessons you learned? (Share the mistakes please)... if you are not the original owner of this video.. please at least give us the link to the original source(owner)

[@vijayakumarT.]

Please plant a sabling for thanks giving.... you are so chill even in life crisis..... Lesson to others

[@mountaingliders]

Ciao Max, è successo anche a me con un Icepeak 7: dopo pochi minuti sotto la pioggia, improvvisamente uno stallo dietro l'altro! Non ho avuto tempo di lanciare l'emergenza che già mi trovavo in un cespuglio sul pendio! Mi è andata a dir poco di ©uL*: nemmeno un graffio! Comunque è impressionante come cambiano le caratteristiche di volo della vela. Ho imparato che l'acqua è un serio pericolo! Ciao, ThiO 😬

[@IvanMilocco]

Complimenti per la gestione della situazione!

[@dominiceller1821]

Nothing to do with weather, everything to do with half wrap on brake and holding too much brake input during spiral recovery surge, glider never allowed to fly until hand is released from brake when reserve is reached for. Glider fly's again fine after brakes are released to through reserve. Common problem, predictable outcome.

[@markmcgoveran6811]

God bless you sir I'm just learning how to ground handle my epsilon 9 and I I'm on the very top of the weight range I'm going to fly a trim speed and keep my hands up as much as I can. I'm going to avoid spiral diving as much as possible.

[@mccc4559]

YOU'RE COOL DUDE MAN!!! WOW GOD LOVES YOU MAN!!!! PIZZA AND WINE FOR ALL!!!

[@darahogan]

Massimo, great that you got down safely (and that you missed those power lines). I have so many questions. Why did you spiral down - was it rain? Did you hit some form of shear or low-level turbulence? Please explain in English. Thanks in advance!

[@paramax12]

It's started raining too much.. so I decided to go down in spiral, but after 2-3 seconds of "normal flight" after the spiral, the wing was too soaked and starded to collapse (parachute stall.. I don't know exactly in English, sorry) ;)

[@silvioduarte202]

Massimo Guidi How about the other guys, did they land without problems?

[@paramax12]

Yes, they landed without big problems! My second mistake (after flying with rain) was the spiral to go down faster.. because the wing (totally wet) after this, didn't have speed and started to collapse.

[@silvioduarte202]

Thanks for sharing your experience and wish you good flights!

[@rjbowen25]

***** After the spiral his leading edge would probably be the wettest and Heaviest part of the wing. Using the speed bar without good air speed would result in a frontal collapse.

[@MrFalcon195]

Lucy! The power lines were not very far! How did your friend do? He was high up.

[@egon18]

How much was the Firefighter bill?

[@alanmawson9601]

As a power pilot I'm ignorant of the handling of paraglders, but my (uniformed) question is if the wing was battened, would it stop the potentially fatal wing collapse?

[@gonzalodominguez6784]

Very good decision to use rescue and not to try to recover the spin and so on, you were very close to the ground. !!! Lucky and good pilot too!

[@Hemersonr]

it was a parachutal stall? i am curious about which glider is this and also if does anyone of your team mates face similar issues during the landing... the tree save you from the power lines just a few meter ahead... good atitude throwing the reserve and neutralizing the canopy

[@ScottLRoyal]

I haven't been off the ground yet, but I'd never dream of taking off into that disaster. The God's like you. A lot.

[@BoRaXiN72]

God blessed ya :)

[@matmat406]

Lucky it was a happy ending... what lesson can we learn from that? Beside the decision to not take off.

[@skycruiser50]

Lesson #1: Don't fly in the rain! Even a small amount has the strong possibility in getting you a parachutal stall. A friend of mine broke his back last year. Light rain, stall from 15 meters, no time to throw the reserve! Glider was Ozone Delta! Get ready for PLF early!

[@easygtr]

skycruiser50 better lesson!!! switch to hang gliders!!!

[@matmat406]

S.Alexander Petraj Are hand gliders safe to fly in the rain ?.......

[@easygtr]

Nothing is safe flying in the rain because of the surface of the wing when it gets wet it ruins the airflow and it gets heavy, but the hang glider would have gained way more speed and landed safely on the ground. By the way you are a lucky man brotha (the pilot) for getting so closed to those power lines and still alive. Keep on flying and never give up!!!

[@skycruiser50]

S.Alexander Petraj　Like pilots flying hand gliders don't get hurt!!! I have seen enough hand glider crashes, that I would not make the statement you made, above. The pilot is unsafe, not the wing!

[@LimpJimmy]

The thing about hang gliders is they can't collapse but have good energy retention, pitch control and wind penetration. The thing about paragliders is that they can (and DO!) collapse but have little energy retention, no pitch control and have poor wind penetration. I've seen way too many collapses (and permanent PG injuries) to be comfortable with that kind of risk thanks. Lucky this time, hope you have the same luck next time.

[@MRTNBLND77]

two questions...which paraglider school did you visit bevore you began with flying? and why even did you thought about starting when it is raining? did you learned anything about physics in school and what a deep stall is? *headshake*

[@horus909]

why is flying in rain such a bad thing? It didn't seem obvious from the video that it caused his crash, rather the wind turbulence flipped his parachute around.

[@MRTNBLND77]

Cause the canopy gets to heavy and the form/profile of a wing (profile its like a normal airplane wing) is not given anymore. And the whole wing will collaps in its self from the heavy water. And/or the wing will be indolent/sluggish...especially in hard conditions when quick reaction is needed. This is what you learn in the pilot school in the first hours of flying!

[@strammerdetlef]

our man almost got grilled

[@penicheavendre]

happy you could make it safe, how was clibbing donw the tree ?

[@traceurturk]

Was there a cloud suck when you were flying? The clouds look too dark..

[@michelterainfo]

Perfect! uses the parachute in the correct moment!!!

[@urgedmoon]

dude that was crazy !!!

[@hobbycornermk5415]

Didn't you have backup parachute?

[@marcelburkard7704]

glad you were lucky. was this "sackflug" (don't know the italian or english word) because of the rain?

[@lovehorrordotde]

The stall was because of the rain. Accelerater which could have helped was not attached. Spiral down would have been more helpful if he changed the direction of the spiral a few times, in order to distribute the water to the different sides.

[@robertoscian4384]

Complimenti per il sangue freddo e la calma nell'esecuzione delle manovre. Buoni voli 💪🏻👍🏻

[@Haralddv]

tree saved you from the powerlines

[@pilotjancek]

For every glider there is a tree growing :)

[@paramax12]

Jan Tisler ahaha 😅 that's true

[@dwightmagnuson4298]

I flew a hangglider in the '70s & early '80s. They were a lot safer in downdraft conditions...

[@ukinovak]

As I see ,you inuced the stall.I'm happy You landed sefely!

[@chpokenbaben]

by fellow. where such a beautiful place?

[@Bonewerkz]

Kein Wind,so dass man extrem schnell laufen muss,um ueberhaupt starten zu koennen. Dafuer aber Regen... Kein Wunder,dass er gecrashed ist.... Regen kann den Schirm schwer machen,vorallem,wenn sich Regenwasser hinten bei der Austrittskante sammelt,und der Schirm immer staerker gebremst wird.

[@vicx224]

Well managed

[@timedvrodlehnen8448]

Do I hear rain?

[@gmy33]

good action thanks for sharing..

[@Jmolezine]

2:25 wohooo!!! oh merda merda merda (shit shit shit)

[@unionrussia]

You are really COOL man!!!

[@alessandrobardelli]

una pianta è per sempre

[@tw11187]

I didn't realize he'd thrown his parachute and at 2:15 my stomach dropped.

[@jonnbravo9804]

Rain and gliders don't mix, they fill with water.

[@capitanmatt]

Che TORO! Grande!

[@fuelbasti]

Did he drop his second parachute or how could he avoid an uncontrolled fall? I mean he was even over his parachute after collapse. When I see this kind of surprises I will never try this sport. Lucky guy for sure!

[@honzatoman3602]

Yes - he has thrown his reserve at 2:09 . And landed on it. Flying in bad weather...

[@seanmacgugan8884]

He should have never been flying. We don't fly in the rain because it greatly hinders the paraglider's ability to fly... including GREATLY increasing its likelihood of stalling (like it did here).

[@LeRoutier1987]

It's an alpha 5 ? I've the same.. wow crazy scary moment when you fall just next to your paraglider

[@sandy1989ize]

He would have avoided all this horror if he would have pullded the brakes at 2'14 , but he was just holding his risers and watching all the scene doing nothing.. Poor fellas

[@iacopob]

I think he threw the reserve before 2'14", didn't he?

[@ilaser4064]

"woooohoooooo", -> "merde , merde, merde!!!"

[@dannysunwantedopinions]

I couldn’t tell, surely he threw a reserve?

[@rudigerczaschke970]

Ein Gleitschirm ist kein Regenschirm

[@Geximus]

Hey! What is that number on your wing? is it number from your lockal school?

[@paramax12]

Олег Жуков yes it was my school number

[@throatball]

Why do you guys always spin and go crazy trying to make the wing collapse?

[@wolfgangschermuly7782]

I think he said 'shit' at the end in Italian.

[@enjoyourlife7359]

what happend?

[@darioregollli]

Que diz "perfeito" para decolar, hein companheiro? Vamos estudar um pouco mais de meteorologia...

[@TheLordSnowbro]

All that open area and you landed in a tree! That sucks.

[@danieljmrosa]

On the other hand , was lucky not to have fallen into the power lines that were right there behind the trees. thanks for sharing!

[@Lufex_]

Hope he gave a nice thank you donation to the fire department for rescuing him out of the tree.

[@goswo]

Why the biiip do you fly in this weather condition? Paragliding + rain is a really bad combination. And the dark dark clouds kind of screamed rainnn. Good you landed more or less safe - but you ahould never have been in the air

[@conny-r]

Mehr Glück wie Verstand. Wenn man "noch" in die Regenwand startet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6SWeaell86gjpI Nach vorsichtiger Ausleitung der Spirale fliegt man sofort ca 50 % beschleunigt und geht sehr vorsichtig mit der Bremse um bis 1 Meter über dem Boden.

[@rbelatamas]

the power lines was too close to you :(

[@blakeguyan2662]

i think those are telephone lines...

[@Vass22]

I'd prefer a parachute landing on a tree than on a ground or anything else... Good outcome.

[@jc-dv4zk]

Crazy👼

[@azerty3677]

pas trop mal sorti en fin de compte

[@CarlosDiaz-ne2rf]

What is the bad he did 🤔 ???? To much brake.

[@flavioandra]

Sorte muita sorte.

[@Murmelisalbe_TV]

You misunderstood something; When it rains, you should OPEN the umbrella, do not CLOSE! ;) best luck from switzerland

[@serge470]

What's happening man? so scary 😑

[@wingpilot]

Too much water for the glider.

[@penicheavendre]

oh boy...

[@leesample9606]

why take off in that shit?

[@thiagodornelles6323]

Na próxima leva um guarda-chuvas kkkk

[@christiannnnnnnnnn]

That's the reason I fly airplanes. You can fly a paraglider ultra smooth the whole time but all of a sudden the chute can collapse without warning and you go down very quick.

[@gamerged1258]

you was Lucky

[@Ninjajitsu562]

he threw his resserve

[@MrPanpan71]

Parashutage after spiral dive. many brakes at the end of it, you don't leave to fly again. It hapent to me too same times:):):).

[@imowtflol]

Launched in rain, not the brightest decision. But then again, paraglider "pilot".

[@Westcoast9019]

Mo aaction

[@marramsak]

XD

[@51hawkfly]

Poor decision to fly in conditions like that. You will crash again with that kind of decision making.

[@gt4748]

I think I saw God's hand reach out and gently stop your fall. I would quit paragliding. He is sending you a message. You know, He's got a lot to do. He may not be able to multitask and do this sort of thing for you again.

[@w_cgn]

It is called a parachute reserve. All he need to thank is his experience and maintaining cool head and attitude. I'm sure God has better businesses to deal with.

[@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS]

Guillaume Cagna Like feeding all the starving children in the world...oh wait...