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

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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 16.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Alfamar (Malaga), Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured femur, ribs, punctured lung.
Date 14.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Allegra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attemting to use thermal lift whilst very close to the hill in very weak conditions. Canopy suffered a left tuck, the pilot attempted to pump the left control but the canopy spun into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle. complicated by discovery of a fracture related to a previous injury.
Date 13.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 29	Location Combe Gibbett, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student made final turn on landing approach too wide and as a result had insufficient height to reach the landing area and flew into small trees at the base of the hill.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Sutra Beach, Malaysia Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot doing fly-by in front of camera turned sharply into the path of another paramotor. Second paramotor was forced to take evasive action which resulted in his canopies wing touching the sea causing a water landing.	Injury Pilot: No injuries pilot 1 no injuries pilot 2
Date 09.02.2001	Pilot Male	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged his approach to the landing area which resulted in a downwind landing. Although the wind was 0-5 the landing was fast.	Injury Pilot: Fractured fibia, at joint of ankle.
Date 08.02.2001	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Winter Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary A paraglider and hang glider were soaring Winter Hill when a small aircraft appeared and began to perform aerobatics close to the site. The paraglider suffered a collapse which the pilot was able to correct. .	Injury Unknown
Date 31.01.2001	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Mala, Spain Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Vision V Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot flew too close to the hill in turbulent conditions - resulted in the glider being turned toward the hill in a strong gust.	Injury Pilot: Fr scaphoid bone left hand; break at old fracture. bruised face and leg
Date 28.01.2001	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location South Cerney, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Eiff Classic 259 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During tow launch the line broke at the pilot end at 350. The pilot set up a normal landing approach but failed to flair on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fractures to lower leg
Date 28.01.2001	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP	Location Sutons Corner, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Sunbeam Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured fibula.
Date 28.01.2001	Pilot Male Age: 18	Location Marania Farm, Kenya Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student let one of the controls up on landing causing the glider to turn / dive, this resulted in a landing on one foot which then twisted.	Injury Pilot: Sprained left ankle.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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