Paragliding crash negative spin / full stall to the ground. FULLHD

[AlbertColominas]

Just about to happen the same to me... just a little bit luckier and a little bit higher!

[leex70xeel]

too many smiley's in the comments, just my two cents... you were lucky mate.. respect these (what you call thermals) especcialy so close to the ground.

But as a paraglider.. Glad that you made it..

[oregonnich]

glad you made it out ok. . .

[zokka]

Thank you for this video, Im sure that your shared experience will help other pilots aswell.

[patrykdalkowski]

Thank you for this video.

[maurolandrover]

The trees....haaaaa the "Angel Trees" .

[cornkobcob]

nice spelling of beautyfull btw

[ssflyer25]

Ive got over 1000 hours in pg and still fly dhv1 why u may ask. Its not the glider its the pilot. I can go just as high just as far as all that performance crap without killing mysself.

[upupandawaayyyyyyyy]

@ssflyer25 Really? Just as far on a DHV 1? I think not.

[cruelangeltesis]

Are you ok?

[TOMASMBASK]

@cruelangeltesis Yes, as you can see in my last video from dolomites ;) But may be now i fly little safer in low altitudes, with little more respect to my comp. wing ;)

[cruelangeltesis]

@TOMASMBASK Good to know you are ok and sharing your knowledge to new pilots!

[infidelmeister]

Thank you for sharing your video -- it helps everyone be safer pilots. We do not always learn from the examples of others ... but we should, as here.

[hawkxxx111]

Thanks for the information and very good video , fly safe and all the best :)



[Carloa5]

Chłopaki z GOPRu gdy zdejmowali mi glajta za Żarze powiedzieli : Nie łam się młody, każdy paralotniarz ma swoje drzewo. pozdrawiam pilota

[imasuper0308]

Yikes, and that is why you fly a Cima K2 lol. Similar performance but ridiculously safe and will exit a spin so fast people watching wouldn't know it spun. Of course getting it to spin is ridiculously difficult. People move to less safe gliders far to quickly when they don't realize there are really extreme high performance wings still in the beginner class of safety. When crap happens it is too late to be wishing you were on a Cima K2.

[TOMASMBASK]

@imasuper0308 Hi I has no prob. with venus3, it was my false, after that i takes new one, it is high performance wing with stand. safety for its class, it is for comp XC pilots. I fly only 100h/year, not enough for sharp EN-D i can`t use all it`s potenial, but like it;) For recreational pilots as me, EN-C vega, antea, sigma are the best choice, in safety/performance. I don`t like std. class wing's. They are often slow against the wind, and do not talking with me enough ;)

[tailwheelflier]

yo bro,,,,,you were fighting it way too much. You were increasing drag by jerking on your risers,,,and slowing the wing down, creating the accident. Sorry.

[TOMASMBASK]

@tailwheelflier NP. Yes, all the way, i said that in title, i created this accident at all, like many other pilots, by overbrake one side by my input and lift, then i try to correct the negative, it is good on high altitude but bad in this case, it is my false, near to the ground is no time for corrections, it is always bettrer to let the wing fly from negative in any direction alone. and only after that, correct the sym/asym. overshoot.

[Saadic1]

Is that an Axis vega 3? i'm getting mine soon, would you say it's a save glider??

[TOMASMBASK]

@Saadic1 Yes vega is great glider, venus too, but like this accident it is all about pilot not the wing:)

[JorgenEilertsen]

Informative. :)

[joefaust777]

Thanks for the sharing. Others will learn from your contribution. We posted link for all in World Paragliding Association

[airpixel]

why to wait the impact with your back. i prefer the legs ... more easy to fix as column.

[TOMASMBASK]

@airpixel :) yes, if you are able to use your legs, it will be allways better, espec. in terain with rocks, where the back protection is not efficient at all.

[DevilriderMax]

Hallo to everybody and greetings from Germany. Today we had some practice at the winch and one pilote who seemed to be a rather educated flyer commited the same mistake during landing aproach. He was overbraking one side of the wing because he wanted to make a rather sharp turn to reach the landing area and crashed by a negative spin into the ground from ten metres height. He wasn't that lucky. Helicopter had to take him to the next hospital.

Please, everybody, take care at ground level.

[dazzerflying]

Good post, shame I saw it too late. Overbraked on landing 6 weeks ago and also got caught in rotor. Right side of wing lifted, left side collapsed. Fell about 20 feet but landed on left side. Smashed shoulder, broken pelvis and hip, two cracked vertebrae. Moral is practice landing more. I've been flying 4 years. In school there is plenty of landing instruction. Once on your own it's too tempting to fly around all day and landing becomes rusty. And the ground hurts.

[Reechforthesky]

Good post. People can learn from this. I wish more people were open about teh mistakes they make!

[papucimurdari]

so,are you ok?i mean,any serious injuries?thanks for the video!

[davehor1]

You were still on the speed bar at the collapse am I seeing that right?

[TOMASMBASK]

@davehor1 No speed bar was used at all.

[pogozoli]

Good explanation! Me and my partner are staying in bed for a while because of a negative spin to fullstall accident in tandem. We made the same mistake, the only problem was that we have felt on the ground without catching a tree to slow us. We need a few weeks to recuperate... very boring to stay in bed all the day. So take care!

[TOMASMBASK]

Thx. I wish you fast recovery! Yes this is the reason, why i publish it. ;( May be, this will help someone for fly safer near to the ground where is realy not right time for mistakes.

[opetnaistommestu]

Man... I know nothing about paragliding but I have enormous amount of respect for you because you made an effort and tried to explain this to the people. Thank you!

[dannau]

What's the wing Axis Vega 3?

[TOMASMBASK]

Hi, no it is Venus III, EN-D 3liner, great wing! It is more easy to overbrake, than EN-C class wings like vega. But this is not about the wing but pilot, you can do this with any wing, nearly in the same time, there was another EN-C glider with more height, in negative to the ground.

[stork177]

you are broken somethink? how is your body?



[TOMASMBASK]

In my case, only breakage of the some ribs, i was able to fly 2-3 week`s after this, with some pain, but it is only luck, many other pilots who did the same stupid mistake don`t have this luck. Fly safe...

[CROSteta]

Man! You were lucky. Don't do it again!!!

[TOMASMBASK]

I realy don`t planning to do it again;) I publish this vid. for other pilots, just for prevention.