Fri, Apr 11, 2003
The way we heard the story, the hang glider and
the Glaser Dirks got together, for reasons nobody wants to
talk about. The hang-glider pilot deployed his parachute, but got a
mess of it in a wad, reeled it back in hand-over hand, and "just
threw it back out there," where it opened sufficiently to keep him
alive. Geez.
** Report created 4/9/2003 Record
9 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 303KK
Make/Model: DG-3 Description:
ELAN/GLASER DIRKS GLIDER
Date: 04/05/2003 Time: 1830
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: Y Missing:
N
Damage: Minor
LOCATION
City: ORLANDO State: FL Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
GLIDER AND A UNREGISTERED HANG GLIDER HAD A MID-AIR
COLLISION UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO
THE GLIDER AND UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO THE HANG GLIDER, NO INJURIES
REPORTED, 25 MILES SOUTH OF ORLANDO, FL
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk: 0
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase:
Unknown Operation: General
Aviation
Departed:
UNK
Dep Date: Dep. Time:
Destination:
UNK
Flt Plan: UNK
Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL
(SO15)
Entry date: 04/07/2003
--
** Report created 4/9/2003 Record 31
**
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: UNREG
Make/Model: UNK Description: HANG
GLIDER
Date: 04/05/2003 Time: 1830
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury:
None Mid Air: Y Missing:
N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: ORLANDO State: FL Country:
US
DESCRIPTION
GLIDER AND A UNREGISTERED HANG GLIDER HAD A MID-AIR
COLLISION UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO
THE GLIDER AND UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO THE HANG GLIDER, NO INJURIES
REPORTED, 25 MILES SOUTH OF ORLANDO, FL
INJURY DATA Total Fatal:
0
# Crew: 1 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat:
0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
# Grnd:
Fat: 0 Ser:
0 Min:
0 Unk:
WEATHER: UNK
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase:
Unknown Operation: Other
Departed:
UNK
Dep Date: 04/05/2003 Dep. Time:
Destination:
UNK
Flt Plan: UNK
Wx Briefing: U
Last Radio Cont: UNK
Last Clearance: UNK
FAA FSDO: ORLANDO, FL
(SO15)
Entry date: 04/07/2003
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