The B.C. Coroners Service has identified the victim in Thursday’s paragliding accident as Barry Kleiter, 43, from Humboldt, Saskatchewan.
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Kleiter was flying a powered paraglider solo when he fell about 300 metres into an Enderby field. He had been taking a paragliding course for about one week.
An instructor was in radio contact with Kleiter from the ground.
There is still no word yet on why Kleiter lost control of the ultra-light aircraft.
One man is dead after an aircraft crash in the North Okanagan.
At 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, emergency crews responded to a field in the 5600 block of Back Enderby Road for a report of a hang glider crash. The aircraft was being operated by a pilot on a training flight.
RCMP say indications are the pilot lost control of the aircraft.
The pilot’s name, age and hometown are not being released at this time.
The crash site has since been cleared however the man’s hang gliding equipment, including his radio, was left in the field along with a parked car with hang gliding stickers.
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