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

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

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If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 08.08.2025	Pilot Female Age: 59 Rating: IPPI Flying Experience: 7 years 107 hours (13 hours) 242 flights (16 flights)	Location Beer Head, Beer, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot made an approach to top land, descending through rotor. They experienced multiple collapses and impacted the ground, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 06.08.2025	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 200 hours (2 hours) 90 flights (10 flights)	Location Mendlesham, Ashfield, Suffolk, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 3 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary The pilot made a cross wind landing approach which was not corrected in time for an into wind landing. The hang glider impacted the ground and the pilot sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.08.2025	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 3 years 40 hours (20 hours)	Location Devils Dyke, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon DLS Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was on approach to a top landing and made contact with the upper surface of a paraglider launching below them. Corrective manoeuvres were made and both flew away.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.07.2025	Pilot Unknown	Location None, None, UK	Wing Type Other Wing: Ozone Angel emergency parachute	Summary Large sewn patch repairs to this emergency parachute were noted by an Emergency Parachute Systems licence holder, during a repack.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.07.2025	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary On approach to top land in gusty conditions, the paraglider was seen to suffer an asymmetric collapse close to the ground and the pilot was unable to regain control before impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 26.07.2025	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 22 hours (15 hours) 63 flights (48 flights)	Location Bell Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was blown back over the hilltop in an increasing wind. They encountered rotor near to the ground which brought about a landing in a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.07.2025	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 50 years 3000 hours (40 hours) 2500 flights (30 flights)	Location Ager, Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: A.I.R Atos VR Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot noted that the glider was nose-heavy in flight. On landing, the adjustable tailplane detached from its assembly. The pilot cited incorrect fitting of the tailplane to its moving mount, which was not detected during their pre-flight check.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2025	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 900 hours (60 hours) 900 flights (60 flights)	Location Redcar, Redcar, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Foot	Summary The paramotor pilot reported being overtaken on their left-hand side by a light aircraft flying at the same altitude, in a banking left-land turn.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.07.2025	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 15 hours (10 hours) 54 flights	Location Carn Liath, Creag Meagaidh/Highlands, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Eazy 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot made a downwind landing approach in an area adjacent to the landing field. They sustained injury when they impacted the bank of a ditch in a seated position in their harness.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 12.07.2025	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 13 hours (13 hours) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location Pandy, South East Wales, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind direction and ground speed when landing on uneven ground at a new site (to them).	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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