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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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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 25.06.2025 (E36445)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 573 hours (40 hours) 2000 flights (70 flights)	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Rise 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot's preflight check was interrupted, and they realised they were about to take off without their helmet. The pilot retrieved their helmet and then took off safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 25.06.2025 (E36448)	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 1500 hours (25 hours) 4500 flights (75 flights)	Location Dunstable Down, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Ikuma 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged groundspeed and downwind sink in thermic conditions during a slope landing attempt, resulting in a heavy landing on the harness impact pad.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.06.2025 (E36418)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 15 hours (7 hours) 28 flights (12 flights)	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air Leaf lite Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind strength on take off and was dragged, the paraglider coming to rest over a barbed wire fence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.06.2025 (E36381)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 256 hours (36 hours) 404 flights (46 flights)	Location Crete Road, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arak Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot reported that the foot stirrup accelerator system on their Dudek Funky harness had twisted through the stirrup step. The pilot decided not to use the stirrup, which would have activated the trapped speed bar, and they immediately landed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.06.2025 (E36472)	Pilot Female Age: 43 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 12 years 900 hours (130 hours) 480 flights (42 flights)	Location Gemona, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: GIN GTO 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was flying in close proximity to the slope with other aircraft and encountered sinking air, resulting in an unplanned landing in a rocky area.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.06.2025 (E36510)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 1050 hours (82 hours) 2500 flights (54 flights)	Location Gemona, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mint Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot induced a spin on landing approach and impacted the ground hard, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 02.06.2025 (E36343)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 30 hours	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paraglider Unknown model Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the landing approach, and landed in the landing field designated for sailplanes. No other aircraft were nearby at the time.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.06.2025 (E36425)	Pilot Female Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 600 hours (3 hours) (4 flights)	Location Perransands, Perranporth, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Sprint 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was dragged across the sand dunes and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine
Date 28.05.2025 (E36323)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP	Location Shining Tor, Buxton, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was observed being dragged on the launch area.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 28.05.2025 (E36328)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 600 hours (20 hours) 600 flights (15 flights)	Location Tailbridge, Yorkshire Dales, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Puma Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was making a second flight on their new wing. After lift-off, the pilot pulled on speed to to fly away from the hill and brought about pilot-induced oscillations which worsened with increasingly large control inputs, ultimately resulting in a crash 30 seconds later in the bottom landing field, breaking an upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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