Paragliding accident- fall into the canopy, reserve entangled, SIV course, crash

fall into the canopy, reserve entangled, SIF training Ohrid lake, full-stall to twist to water. GoPro-I don´t wanna be a HERO! and sew my glider back together :) Side view from ground https://www.youtube.com/watchv=lS5WR8yu5f0&list=PLYj47BfnLrzjHdE3Uh9FAw0ZyqzbllnmS

This full-stall figure went wrong during SIV course(SAFETY IN FLIGHT) in Macedonia above Ohrid lake. At SIV you are trying limits of your wing, how to recognize them, avoid them in normal flight and recover, when they actually happen.

I happen to try two of my biggest flying nightmares at one flight.To fall through the canopy and to get my reserve parachute entangled into main lines, so it did not deploy fully and did not slow down the fall.
You use the brakes to slow down the glider to minimum speed, once you add little bit more brake, the wing suddenly loose the lift, shoots behind you and you are falling backwardly down. You stabilise it in sort of fly/fall state and by releasing the brakes you come back to normal flight. But the force while stalling the wing was so strong at the brakes, that it smashed one hand up and I got into the spiral and my risers got twisted, thus unable to steer the glider anymore.Sometimes it stabilises and you can untwist, but not in my case.Lot of G-force and suddenly total weightlessness,sun was up, wing down under me, where will I fall?:)I managed to get the lines out of my way with left hand because it can really hurt you(as the kevlar line is realy strong and it can work as a saw when touched in high speed). But because the rest of the wing was slowing me down, the reserve parachute did not open fast and instead it got tangled around the main lines in rotation and could not open fully.So that from the side view you can see it did not slow me down.
The rest you see.. I luckily hit the water, that´s why the SIV training is done over big lakes.

here is ground view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS5WR8yu5f0
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Here is some comment in french: https://paragliding.rocktheout....door.com/conseils/ca

Similar accident, also czech pilot https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOsLdxEX1fw

Nice tutorial by Max Martini how to do it the right way:
Stall (paragliding tutorial) | Max Martini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AobeAHpOs


What is SIV course?

A possible way of learning to deal with unstable situations would be to attend an SIV course ran by
experienced SIV instructors. SIV stands for ‘Simulation d’Incident en Vol’ and roughly translated means simulating unstable situations in flight. Here you can learn about the way your particular canopy handles and how to make the correct control inputs in unstable situations, progressively building up to more complicated manoeuvres. This must all be done over water with the use of buoyancy aids, radios, video equipment and support boats etc. NB. Landing in water is never 100 per cent safe, even in controlled situations.

It is arguable whether attending an SIV course is fundamental to a pilots’ development. Establishing good ‘active flying’ skills is more important as this will prevent the majority of collapses in the first place. Having said that, a good SIV course that is both progressive and well ran, with plenty of feedback, can teach you a lot about your wing and how it feels at the onset of a spin or stall etc. The course should be geared to your individual needs and experience, and the manoeuvres should be progressive. A badly run course will teach you nothing and may have a detrimental effect on your development as a pilot.

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