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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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There are 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 20.05.2001 (B3277)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Private Airfield Nr Bury St Edmunds., UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes 5*6 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot failed to correct turn during launch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.05.2001 (B3278)	Pilot Male Age: 24	Location Curium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student tried to pull himself into the harness seat by pulling on the A risers glider lost altitude pilot hit the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor cuts to legs
Date 16.05.2001 (B3275)	Pilot Male Age: 24	Location Tegelberg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to follow instructions given over the radio and flew into an area known to be turbulent. Canopy suffered a 60% asymmetric collapse on the left wing the canopy turned through 180 degrees and the student impacted a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.05.2001 (B3274)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Oludenize, Turkey Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot following radio instruction flew out to sea too far to return to shore. Realised too late that the instructions were meant for someone else.	Injury Unknown
Date 09.05.2001 (B3273)	Pilot Male Age: 50	Location Audou, Crete Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Futura 42 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged glide angle was unable to reach landing field, forced to land in olive grove.	Injury Pilot: Fractured ankle.
Date 08.05.2001 (B3272)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Crimdon Dene, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Saber (Medium) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot noticed b & c risers slack. Landed and rectified the problem.	Injury Unknown
Date 06.05.2001 (B3271)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: AP	Location Poppitt Sands, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Sx4 13.9 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot launched into strong turbulent conditions, went prone in harness. The glider then stalled and the pilot swung throught the control frame.	Injury Pilot: Cuts to nose and left eyelid - surgery to replace skin. facial bruising.
Date 05.05.2001 (B3267)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Near Doncaster, UK	Wing Type Powered HG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Farmer found pilot in field with serious head injuries.	Injury Pilot: Serious head injuries, unconscious for several days. possible brain injury. right ulna fracture.
Date 05.05.2001 (B3268)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Chirk Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsillon 3 (Medium) Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Following a tow launch the pilot flew downwind to the landing area had insufficient height to make final turn into wind.	Injury Pilot: Double fracture of right tibia and fibula.
Date 05.05.2001 (B3269)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Reighton, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot seen to be flying well behind the cliff edge. Canopy then seen to enter several severe manouevres before pilot impacted cliff top.	Injury Pilot: Fractured (r) tibia and fibula, (l) ankle, sternum and ribs on left side.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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