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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.

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 03.03.2001 (B3258)	Pilot Male Age: 30	Location Dales Repack Night, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Re-pack night, several parachute problems discovered.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.02.2001 (B3256)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP	Location Thornhill, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Klassic Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot on first aerotow foot launch flight, ran too fast on launch resulting in no line tension the glider started to fly but the pilot was unable to keep up with it, glider stalled and was pulled into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Spiral fracture left humerus with nerve damage. nerve palsy radial.
Date 24.02.2001 (B3255)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Mystic, Bright, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot did not fasten harness leg straps prior to launch. Held in harness by armpits, could not control the direction of the canopy accurately, this resulted in the pilot landing in a different field from the planned one.	Injury Pilot: Bruised median nerves. reduced use of left arm for one week.
Date 22.02.2001 (B3254)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Jama, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Santana 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Newly qualified pilot performed 360 degree turn with insufficient height, impacted the ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractures of both ankles.
Date 20.02.2001 (B3253)	Pilot Male Age: 61	Location Wold 2, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During launch the canopy started to drift to the right, the student failed to correct this and was soon airborne heading for a fence. The student failed to correct his flight path and impacted the fence.	Injury Pilot: Cut finger
Date 19.02.2001 (B3252)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Cwmparc, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Prelude Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into strong gusty conditions and was unable to penetrate forward. At about 30ft up the canopy suffered an asymetric tuck to the right causing a turn into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Three fractured vertebrae: which ones not specified. sprained left ankle.
Date 18.02.2001 (B3250)	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Hope Brink, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Offchute Mirage Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overcontrolled following launch causing the glider to turn sharply, student impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fractured and dislocated tibia and fibula above the ankle.
Date 18.02.2001 (B3251)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Jama, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Inexperienced pilot soaring unfamiliar cliff site. After performing several 180 degree turns the pilot lost height and finding himself too close to the cliff face was unable to turn away before impact.	Injury Pilot: Fractured and compressed vertebra 12t. (stable)
Date 17.02.2001 (B3249)	Pilot Male Age: 28	Location Not Given Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped whilst launching, continnued to run but then fell over.	Injury Pilot: Fractured clavicle.
Date 16.02.2001 (B3247)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Sierra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot attempted reverse launch. Appeared to have incorrectly set up equipmment possibly had the controls in the wrong hands. Following inflation the pilot lost control of the canopy and pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Suspected bruised or compressed spine.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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