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Incident Reports (Informal)

Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 04.01.2025 (E35971)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 400 hours (120 hours) 500 flights (70 flights)	Location Nont Sarahs, Huddersfield HD7 6NR, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary A model aircraft and a paraglider collided whilst airborne, the model becoming entangled in the paraglider's rear lines. The paraglider landed without further incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 03.01.2025 (E35967)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years 1443 hours (37 hours) 1493 flights (16 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar wings Rumour 1 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The hang glider pilot was soaring in conditions busy with other traffic (paragliders, sailplanes). They found themselves in proximity to a sailplane. No collision occurred.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 02.01.2025 (E35962)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 700 hours (30 hours) (20 flights)	Location Harting Down, South Harting, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Takoo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt

Date 02.01.2025 (E35975)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 400 hours	Location Waystones Edge, Calderdale, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Xi	Summary After performing multiple touch and go flights and ground handling, the pilot reported that the inflation tube of their recently fitted airbag impact pad was missing from their Woody Valley GTO Light harness. The pilot expressed concern that the tube came away and that the impact pad was able to fully delate without the pilot noticing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 29.12.2024 (E35945)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 30 hours (15 hours) 55 flights (38 flights)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring in increasing wind strength and was blown back. They attempted to activate the accelerator system however the Brummel hook was detached on one side rendering the speed bar inoperative. They opted to turn downwind and descended rapidly to land in some brambles in a small public park.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 19.12.2024 (E35989)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 1000 hours (40 hours) 600 flights (25 flights)	Location Pampoenfontein, Porterville, South Africa Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Aritk R Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries

Date 14.12.2024 (E35928)	Pilot Male Rating: Unknown	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown paraglider Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was seen attempting to launch their paraglider during a gust and was dragged over the launch area into a wooden bench. They were assisted by other pilots. If any injuries, they are unknown. No further information available.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 14.12.2024 (E35938)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years	Location North Luffenham airfield, Rutland, UK	Wing Type Other Wing: Companion SQR 120	Summary During an emergency parachute repack event the deployment was tested and failed as the Companion inner container deployment bag (containing the packed EP) could not be extracted from the harness (handle strop too short). The inner container supplied with the Gin Genie Lite 3 harness was substituted, and the extraction of the EP was tested as satisfactory.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 04.12.2024 (E35909)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 51 years 500 hours (13 hours) 1000 flights (9 flights)	Location Easterton, Elgin, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Grif 3DC Launch Type: Powered Engine: Grif, Snake	Summary The pilot attempted to land their wheeled undercarriage powered HG ("Sub 70") in conditions they described as cross wind and turbulent. The landing was fast with some lateral drift. The nose wheel sheared off resulting in rapid deceleration as the undercarriage tube (trike keel) dug into soft ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 02.12.2024 (E35976)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 480 hours (50 hours) 500 flights (50 flights)	Location Porterville, Porterville, South Africa Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot	Summary During a thermal flight the pilot became aware that there was uneven geometry of their Advance Impress 4 harness and the left zipper attaching the pod had unfastened to the bottom of the harness. The pilot landed normally. The pilot identified that they had inadvertently detached the left-hand secondary harness loop from the main carabiner. They cited their packing technique of habitually disconnecting the wing from the harness as contributing to the issue.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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