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All incident reports submitted via the new FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system after 21 January 2026 that have been approved for publication can be found below. This page will also slowly include a growing list of older incident report summaries.

Unfortunately, whilst all our old incident reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field used to determine if it can be made available on our website. As a result around 1,400 old reports now have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can appear here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

In the meantime a full list of all incident reports submitted via the old Euro system and passed for publication is available on our Incident reports Archive page

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

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for powered pg wings 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 14 entries for powered pg wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 09.08.2022 (F12369)	Pilot male Age: 54 Rating: Unqualified	Location Bradford, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: unknown, unknown	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: BGD Luna 2	Summary The incident occurred when the pilot's paraglider was induced into a turn by the ingestion of the left-hand control line into the turning propeller. The turn developed into a spiral dive, from which the pilot was unable to recover before impacting the ground.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident)
Date 19.02.2017 (F11291)	Pilot male Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Coalville, GB Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: unknown, not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Snake Launch Type: powered	Summary The pilot was seen to induce a spiral dive at about 1000ft above ground level, and maintained the spiral. At approx 300ft above ground level the pilot was seen to impact a second pilot and they rotated through 360 degrees before separating. The second landed safely and was uninjured (his wing was damaged). The first pilot continued his spiral to the ground and suffered fatal injuries..	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident)
Date 23.10.2016 (F11318)	Pilot male Age: 37	Location Lancs, GB Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: unknown, unknown	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Jojo Wings Instinct Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot lost control of paramotor at low altitude.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident)
Date 22.03.2016 (F11196)	Pilot male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years	Location Chichester, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Hadron xx Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot suffered a collapse at low level.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident), internal injuries
Date 07.07.2015 (F11120)	Pilot male Age: 50 Rating: Pilot (Power)	Location Siurana/Girona, ES Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Slalom Launch Type: foot	Summary A paramotor pilot was critically injured upon impact with the ground, and died from his injuries. There were no witnesses to the flight or the impact.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident), internal injuries
Date 16.05.2013 (F10727)	Pilot male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years	Location Algonodales, ES Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: powered	Summary Student made a good powered launch but had applied too much brake. Student was told to ease off the brakes a little but released them fully while letting off the throttle. Glider dived towards the ground and student impacted hard from 2m.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 10.06.2012 (F10632)	Pilot male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years	Location Worcestershire, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Nucleon Launch Type: powered	Summary Pilot launched glider unaware of an asymmetric collapse. Glider veered towards another glider still on the ground and the engine cages collided. Pilot landed with damage to both power units.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 25.05.2012 (F10634)	Pilot male Age: 54 4 flights	Location Somerset, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: powered	Summary Pilot started motor but it went to full revs knocking him over. Pilot was struck by prop.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 16.04.2012 (F10605)	Pilot male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 100 flights	Location , GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution Launch Type: powered	Summary Pilot launched and powered up to 5m when engine cut out. Pilot landed heavily. Air in fuel suspected.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 27.02.2012 (F10579)	Pilot male Age: 34 Rating: Unqualified 6 flights	Location Oxfordshire, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: powered	Summary Pilot did not respond properly to radio commands and came close to landing on parked cars. Student became entangled with a wing laid out in the take off area but managed to land safely.	Injury Pilot: unhurt

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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