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Incident Reports (Informal)

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

Incident reports for powered pg wings are displayed below in summary form.

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There are 136 entries for powered pg wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 29.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 59 Flying Experience: 15 years (16 flights)	Location Private field, Felsted, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Pap, Top 80	Summary Pilot attempted a turn at low level then applied excessive control causing the glider to spin. The glider recovered but entered a spiral dive and the pilot crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 04.07.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 25 hours (6 hours) 30 flights (4 flights)	Location Anstey, Leicestershire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Indy Launch Type: Powered Engine: Power Jet, V3	Summary Pilot had frontal collapse at 600ft while on landing approach. Pilot regained control at 60ft but struck power lines causing the pilot to pendulum underneath to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 27.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years	Location BALLYCARY FIELD, CARRICKFERGUS, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of his glider on approach to landing. Possible collapse/stall. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 24.06.2018	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 25 years 50 hours (5 hours) 40 flights (10 flights)	Location Cutthorpe, Chesterfield, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Praavis Acrobat Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, 175	Summary Pilot veered towards dry stone wall while heavily loaded, not realising his trimmers were asymmetrically set. Pilot clipped top of wall and fell down the other side.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 30.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 112 hours 179 flights	Location Private Field, Greyabbey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off successfully but was caught out by rotor from trees in stiffening breeze.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 57	Location UK	Wing Type Powered PG	Summary Pre flight inspection of Icaro helmet revealed that one of the two retaining loops of plastic coated cord had snapped and detached at the front end at it's retaining point where it is fixed with a rivet. On inspection of spare helmet, it was found that in the same place, the outer plastic coating had snapped, but was still being retained by the inner cord core.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 18.05.2018	Pilot Male	Location Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Powered Engine: Zanzoterra	Summary Pilot was reported to have been attempting to start his paramotor engine on the ground (not on his back) when the incident occurred. He sustained fatal head injuries when the prop came into contact with his head. Post incident inspection of the motor revealed the throttle handle was locked at half throttle position. The unit was fitted with an electric start system and showed signs of previous damage to one the cage upright supports.	Injury Pilot: Fatal

Date 07.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 hours (5 hours) 19 flights (7 flights)	Location Darley moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mojo pwr Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane	Summary Upon take-off, reserve parachute situated underneath harness seat deployed acting as ground anchor and air brake. Pilot was pulled backwards by initial braking and glider stalled. Pilot walked away with slight bruising. Although reserve appeared in tact before take-off, pilot did not check pins.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 07.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 53	Location Northborough, Cambridgeshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania GTX Launch Type: Powered Engine: Techno-Fly Octagon, Nitro	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paramotor pilot.	Injury Pilot: Fatal

Date 05.05.2018	Pilot Male Age: 35 Flying Experience: 17 years	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Freeride Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying low approx 8.30pm towards setting sun and taking care looking for obstacles. Did not see low level power line and collided with the cables.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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