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

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• Paraglider
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• Powered PG
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• Other

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 28.07.2001 (B3308)	Pilot Male	Location At Home, Cholsey., UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered Engine: Revoloution, Classic	Summary During maintainence paramotor fell towards pilot whiuls engine was running, the pilot put ou his hand to protect his head and suffered injuies to his hand and arm.	Injury Pilot: Lacerated arm and hand.
Date 28.07.2001 (B3309)	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Monks Field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Black Magic M Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Lower back
Date 27.07.2001 (B3304)	Pilot Male Age: 31	Location Whetton, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to follow radio instructions and flew into an area of turbulence, canopy collapse (50%) piutched down and left into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Poss : fr vertebra, l femur, r ankle, head injury not specified, , bleeding from femur area.
Date 27.07.2001 (B3305)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot realised too late that he was flying downwind with insufficeint height - impacted steep part of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Bennetts fracture to right thumb. deep gash in right shin.
Date 26.07.2001 (B3303)	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student turned left into the hill rather than right as instructed.	Injury Pilot: Suspected fractured foot.
Date 23.07.2001 (B3302)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Brighstone, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Atto Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot injured foot during gentle lanbding.	Injury Pilot: Torn quadriceps tendon above knee joint.
Date 22.07.2001 (B3299)	Pilot Male	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed feet first on the side of the hill after instructions over the radio were ignored.	Injury Pilot: Bruised lower back.
Date 22.07.2001 (B3300)	Pilot Female Age: 25	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student attempting top landing landed seated, canopy fell sideways.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 22.07.2001 (B3301)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Freathy, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Sportster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot allow a turn to develop whilst launching his hang glider resulting in his right wingtip contacting the ground and the glider spinning into the hill. All this took place after 2 hours of paragliding.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, collar bone, 3 crushed vertebrae,nose. internal injuries to lungs etc. frontal dislocation of left femur. cuts to face etc.
Date 20.07.2001 (B3298)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Lejar S.e., Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy suffered large collapse during top to bottom flight, parachute deployed, did not open, pilot impacted mountain side.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, 10 fractured ribs, lung damage.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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