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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 05.05.2001 (B3270)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Westward Ho, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird G Sport Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot became aware that the wind had picked up, could not penetrate forward resulting in him being blown back over the cliff top, cliiped roof of bungalow before crashing.	Injury Pilot: Sprained wrist
Date 01.05.2001 (B3266)	Pilot Female Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Unknown	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Parachute would not pull free from the harness.	Injury Unknown
Date 13.04.2001 (B3265)	Pilot Male Age: 54	Location Cranes Corner, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student veered off course during tow launch, attempted to correct the turn but had insufficient airspeed, Student swung through control frame.	Injury Pilot: Broken upper arm.
Date 10.04.2001 (B3264)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Futura	Summary Canopy fabric discovered to be 1/2 the minimum strength during inspection.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.04.2001 (B3263)	Pilot Male Age: 55	Location Reading Leisure Centre Repack, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary At BFR reserve deployed with centre pull line over canopy, - re-packed inside out.	Injury Unknown
Date 01.04.2001 (B3262)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Babadag, Turkey Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted to launch was dragged and became tangled in the lines of his friends canopy and then became airborne with friends canopy wrapped around his head. Another pilot assisted in bringing him down.	Injury Pilot: Grazes.
Date 31.03.2001 (B3261)	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Lady Manners School Buxton, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Re-pack night several parachute problems discovered.	Injury Unknown
Date 18.03.2001 (B3260)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Kennedy Near Nice, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave K4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilkot realised wind strength had picked up considerably during flight decided to fly xc to a flatter area to land. Landed in very strong wind, was blown backward into trees.	Injury Pilot: Compound fracture right tibia and fibula.
Date 14.03.2001 (B3259)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Kennedy, France, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Clubman 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot clipped tree during landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising.
Date 03.03.2001 (B3257)	Pilot Unknown	Location Big Fat Repack, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Numerous emergency parachute problems discovered at Big fat Re-pack.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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