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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 23.10.2016 (E4356)	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Pilling, Lancs, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Jojo Wings Instinct Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of paramotor at low altitude.	Injury Pilot: Fatal

Date 10.10.2016 (E3926)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 55 hours (31 hours) 100 flights (44 flights)	Location Stroud, Glos, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Air Conception, Ultra 130	Summary Paramotor pilot posted Airprox having had an encounter with a biplane that appeared to be involved in a display with two balloons. Pilot did not realise the biplane was a full sized manned aircraft, having initially thought it was a drone.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 03.10.2016 (E4430)	Pilot Male Age: 18 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 76 hours (20 hours)	Location Surrey, Westerham/Oxted, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania GTS Launch Type: Powered Engine: ParaJet, Zenith	Summary Pilot lost control shortly after launch when he discovered a control line was wrapped around one riser. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 27.09.2016 (E3906)	Pilot Male Rating: CP Hill Flying Experience: 11 years 11 hours	Location Bornos, Andalucia, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane, Top 80	Summary Student attempted initial launch run but stopped immediately due to strained calf.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 23.09.2016 (E4947)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Flying Experience: 10 years 16 hours (12 hours) 19 flights (15 flights)	Location Institute gravel car park, Manilva, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered engine failure after 15 minutes but had height to return to take-off. Take-off area was sloping carpark and pilot was forced to land crosswind. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 18.07.2016 (E3560)	Pilot Female Age: 33 Flying Experience: 12 years 100 hours	Location Walworth Road Recreation Ground, Andover, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution3 Launch Type: Powered	Summary Paramotor pilots were training in a NOTAM'd area and were thermalling with engines off. Military C130 passed between two pilots, apparently having not seen them. Pilots landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 27.06.2016 (E3559)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Pilot Power Flying Experience: 240 hours	Location Colleymore Farm, Coleshill, Oxfordshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron XX Launch Type: Powered Engine: Macfly, 250	Summary Whilst making a powered paraglider flight in a competition, the pilot inadvertently stalled the wing when applying power during a low level pass, causing the pilot to impact on his back, sustaining damage to the power unit.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 05.06.2016 (E3397)	Pilot Male Flying Experience: 120 hours	Location Dee Estuary, Near Flint, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synth 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While flying low, pilot caught foot in water and was forced to land in estuary. Pilot was forced to request assistance due to mud and incoming tide.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 22.03.2016 (E3462)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years	Location Selsey, Chichester, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron xx Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a collapse at low level.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Internal Injuries

Date 01.11.2015 (E8750)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 300 hours (70 hours) 300 flights (70 flights)	Location Private field, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron XX Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot came in to land in nil wind and came in on a fast approach and caught foot on a grass clump, which twisted his leg breaking it just above the boot. Pilot drove himself to hospital. Leg in plaster for 6 weeks.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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