Accident reports

As the wind was perpendicular to the usual landing direction, I set up the…

I gently circled in a thermal above the fir trees until, fearing I was too close…

I unexpectedly lost a lot of altitude during the base leg of the landing…

Loss of control at about 50-70m hight and crasch onto a steep, frozen meadow…

I was taking off with my paraglider open and ready to fly, while another pilot…

Bevor ich Manöver wie einen SAT fliege, kurble ich normalerweise bis zur…

During the takeoff acceleration phase, I sank into deep snow and lost speed. I…

I was flying straight under a cloud, crossing towards the valley. There was…

I was flying calmly along the ridge near the Albagno hut when suddenly my wing…

I was the last to take off from the summit of the Mönch and was busy trying to…

Take off from Corvatsch top station. Weather great, high pressure, no wind or…

After a busy week at work and after a poor and restless night's sleep, I decide…

(REPORTET BY WITHNESS): A group of three people in their mid-20s with speed…

After a climbing tour with my miniwing in a haul bag and unfavourable winds at…

The incident occurred during takeoff at approximately 2,600 meters AMSL in steep…

After some ground handling at the launch site, I took off carelessly with…

I was circling in a thermal with my girlfriend. We had barely gained any…

I inflated the glider and according to my friends, it was well in place and…

I noticed a cravat in the brake line after take-off. I flew away from the…

I had two options: to land on a farmer's cultivated field next to his house or…

The student had not followed the flight instructor's instructionsand had…

The last line on the wing tip got caught in one of the lighting columns on the…

After analysing the historical data from nearby weather stations, the trend was…

Due to strong wind at Alp Scheidegg, we tried the lower and larger launch site…

The wind was ideal for a holiday soaring flight when I arrived at the launch…

Right after the reverse inflation, the pilot realised that the right brake…

There was a much stronger valley wind than on the previous flight. As a result,…

During the last SIV manoeuvre (accelerated side collapse), the left wing tip got…

Slight turbulence and changing wind direction at takeoff, but not a problem in…

During the landing approach, the student caught a side collapse on the left side…

While approachin vertically due to strong wind I felt a stronger tension,…

The wind seemed less strong than predicted, so I observed the launching pilots…

I checked the A-lines and brake-lines before launching, but not the B- and…

On take-off I didn't do a good visual check of my paraglider. Once in the air, I…

I checked Meteoschweiz and burnair. And it was a perfect westerly wind 11-15…

XC flight from Fiesch.The forecast was westerly wind of 10-15 knots, weakening…

Attempt to cross from Wispile towards Niesen, with a possible landing at Spiez.…

The pilot attempted a precise target landing despite his inexperience, stalling…

Groundhandling by the sea in Denmark in preparation for dune flying. Wind: 20kmh…

I braked too hard on the final approach for fear of flying too far and into…

Due to the strong wind, I planned to approach with big ears, but reopened them…

I was on final approach when I hit a small thermal and climbed in two steps by…

The conditions on the landing approach was very turbulent with unexpected strong…

After reaching the landing area, I flew in the direction I thought the wind was…

After about two hours of flying in calm, non-turbulent conditions (the sky was…

It was a hot calm day. The atmosphere was fairly stable up to the launch site at…

In a large, gentle climb, I stayed for what felt like forever (the whole flight…

I did a Wingover with a lot of energy without controlling the outer wing strong…

It was the 4th flight after a somewhat longer 'winter break'... nice soaring in…

After a launch at Golm (AT) I followed a classic route to the Kirchlispitzen and…

I was soaring on the Dune du Pilat when I suddenly heard someone shouting behind…

Once again, I practised the assymetric flat spin-entry in order to make the…

During launching I misjudged the distance to a tree. While accelerating, the…

When leaving a thermal, I accelerated and was already heading for the next…

I did a reverse infaltion and untwisted. Shortly after, I felt a loss of…

After a short glide, I enter the landing approach. As usual, there is a valley…

After a training task, some of us and I landed on the Fiescheralp to practise…

After starting in Fanas, I cross to Chrüz where it is shaded. So I fly on to…

The strong, turbulent thermals on the west-south-west face of the Niederhorn…

After about 35 minutes flying time, I was 100 next to the Äscherwand in a…

The flight from Fanas to Klosters was pleasant with good thermals of 2-3 m/s. At…

Despite radio instructions, the student panicked, came in too high and forgot to…

Failed top landing in basically easy, familiar conditions. I wanted to land…

Normal takeoff with light facewind, after 2s of flight I got into a strong…

The final approach getting a bit too long, the student decided to make a…

XC-flight from Riederalp via Grimsel towards Chamonix. Above Chamonix I…

Wonderful XC flight with some early overdevelopment. Take-off from Fanas, past…

A paraglider pilot is groundhandling at the landing field, about 100 metres…

After an assymetric collapse with cravat, I probably oversteeered my glider when…

My goal is to glide from an alternative launch site into the Rhine Valley.…

Thermal flight, 5 minutes after take-off I centred the first thermal. Then the…

There was a northerly wind situation on this day, but I don’t remember the wind…

Right after takeoff I caught the best thermals of the day and decided to cross…

During a local ski-fly competition, for my third flight (after a reconnaissance…

After landing and folding my paraglider, I witnessed an accident involving a…

Foehn situation with 10haP southerly overpressure. South wind at the launch…

Hike and fly from Burgfeldstand towards Harder Kulm and continuing below the…

The wing inflated with a very small cravat on the left (max 2-3 cells).…

Despite a short night and a slight hangover, I decided to go flying in the…

Full stall training on the second flight of the day. My experience to date is…

After take-off, the four of us flew towards Furggi, where other pilots were…

WhatsApp group - message: "Train and flight from Jungfraujoch, on Sunday? ".…

I didn't control the rescue container during the pre-flight check. During the…

Slight tailwind (less than 5 km/h), good inflation, high running speed, left…

After inflating and then controlling the glider, everything seemed ok, so I…

Take off with skis. Control phase, all well. Smooth take off. Immediately after…

Slope take-off on skis with forward infaltion. The poor timing of the take-off…

There were four of us that day and we were flying in Grindelwald for the first…

During a series of training manoeuvres the pilot was instructed to take “Big…

According to eyewitnesses, the glider inflated well, got up easily and was…

During the top landing I was shifted leewards into the lee rotor of the ridge,…

Flight from Sassauna towards Schesaplana. The thermal activity was quite good…

During a practise sequence of exam manoeuvres the student attempted “big ears”.…

Whilst practising wingovers, I accidentally stalled the glider on one side,…

One week after receiving my pilot licence, it was my third flight with a…

The student was practising big ears with change of flight direction, when the…

The inexperienced student blindly followed instructions that were meant for…

During an acro flight when doing the transition between the "misty" and the…

After about 18 minutes of soaring, without having to use the accelerator, it…

After a physically demanding two-day hike & fly competition (my first…

During the take-off run, I noticed a line knot on the left side of the wing and…

The student's task was a circle to the left (what he did not too fast). When…

There was a shallow foehn current, which became stronger during the day and…

The pilot and his partner, both from Austria, wanted to take off from the…

I took off from Jakobshorn. It was light winds, fairly stable and high cloud…

That day I wanted to do several flights and be at the bottom in time for the…

During a competition, I was flying along a ridge and had to decide whether to…

The student's brake input was to strong for rolling, so he unvoluntary made high…

After checking my 2 Paralock 3 Quickouts, which I've been flying for 2 weeks, I…

On a hike and fly, without first inspecting the landing site, I choose a landing…

The accident occurred during a tandem winch flight on the Courroux plain in the…

The student flew too close to the slope and suffered a side collapse. Before he…

First time I landed on that site. I never visited before, only looked at aerial…

There was wind from the side at the launch site. So I inflated the glider…

At the last reliable climb I had remembered that there was a better climb 150…

Due to a poor internet connection, I didn't check the current wind values before…

The student wanted to circle in a thermal but was to close to the slope and…

For some reason that I didn't understand, after take-off, my wing pulled me to…

Just after take-off, the pilot pulled back sharply hard on the right brake,…

Takeoff in Brunni and flying along a slope down the valley without gaining much…

Immediately after take-off, there appeared an inflated canopy directly in front…

On final approach approx. 2 metres above ground, the student released the brakes…

During the final approach, the wind suddenly changed direction. I therefore flew…

I was on a hike and fly with light gear as I hit the first thermal of the…

II was flying along the coast in laminar sea breeze, max 1/3 accelerated,…

I had difficulties destroying altitude (10-15min) and then had a sudden loss of…

Something like that won't ever happen to me... A friend and I were on a bivouac…

We prepared our equipment and our passengers for the upcoming take-off. It was…

The wind readings before, during and after the accident were between 10 and…

Speed bar string threaded through reserve handle, reserve pins popped out on…

Despite the low cloud base, I managed to cross the ridge and was euphoric. The…

After taking off from Ebenalp, I turned in a thermal in front of the launch site…

Forecast: A high pressure system determines our weather. But in the evening or…

The student was planning a reverse launch, which he had mastered well on other…

Unintentional opening of the rescue. During a sharp curve, just when I shifted…

The strong valley wind could already be felt at some altitude. So I decided to…

After take-off for an after-work flight, I realised that it began to rain. I…

My wing was already damp after the first flight due to the wet grass. On the…

The student was following a pilot who despite being low flew a circle towards…

The not official and moderately steep launch site was today covered with snow.…

On take off the pilot didn't notice that the ear lock system was tangled. This…

The wind at the launch site was increasing, but reverse inflating still worked…

Flying along a slope, I had too little height to fly over a power line. So I…

I didn't exactly the same preflight check as usual (small deviations from the…

Due to traffic and turbulences from other gliders, we landed short on a small…

For a hike and fly in beautiful weather, I take my time to prepare for takeoff…

During take-off, a gust of wind lifted me uncontrollably about ten metres into…

It was my 2nd test flight on this glider. In the previous flight I had tested…

I was testing and re-testing legendary paragliders from the history of…

I launched from Amisbühl upper takeoff in almost nil wind conditions: I then…

After taking off from Alp Scheidegg, I wanted to fly over the ridge on my right…

If you focus on an object and therefore collide with it: The mistakes I am…

Starting to go on glide after exiting a thermal on a cold spring day, I realized…

After take-off I got more sink than expected (not yet sitting in the harness)…

I practised the accelerated slope landing with subsequent flare and conversion…

The student was on the agreed left-hand approach. When turning from base to…

After a wild take-off run, the student decided too late to abort the take-off.…

There was a slight downwind at the launch site. I didn't check the lines…

Launch site on the glacier at the Jungfraujoch. Due to the fresh snow, I had to…

The landing approach was not carried out carefully, so that I had to go for a…

Soaring in a mostly laminar southeast wind, I flew accelerated and close to the…

Jakobshorn launch site, constant crosswind, reverse launch. Two previous…

The student took off on a high-altitude flight with his glider, which had about…

Flight exercise: front collapse. After two successful attempts and the…

I took part in the Vercoski (Ski & Fly). On my 2nd take-off of the day, after…

After a 1.5 hour flight, I was approaching the beach in Adeje Tenerife. I had…

There was a combination of flat launch site, high wing load on acro glider, zero…

When I realised the line knot / cravatte, it had already taken off and was in…

I turned too overconfident against the slope, misjudged speed and distance and…

In order to take some nice photos of a hike & fly, I decided to do some ground…

I'm actually a safety-conscious pilot. But in order to develop further skills, I…

- my first flight after 1 month's and my first flight of the day- I do a…

While doing a reverse infaltion, the pilot was lifted off the ground before he…

Due to insufficient control on takeoff, the student overlooked a small cravat on…

On approach with my wing yawing, the wind blew me over the edge of the landing…

The forecast at Weissenstein was for weak to moderate thermals and weak headwind…

There were good thermals in the Dolomites. The accident occurred after a valley…

The student did a reverse inflation, started to untwist by tuning to the wrong…

The student had only touched the reserve handle during the pre-flight check and…

There was weak thermal lift with occasionally moderate bubbles. I wanted to…

Thermals near the slope. Flying too close to the slope. One circle done against…

On approach to a landing field without a windsock, I was surprised by a tailwind…

I was on holiday with my girlfriend and wanted to finally show her for the first…

Accident during a beginner slope course. On landing, the student pushed out too…

After 30 minutes, the air became more and more turbulent. The clouds still…

After a long thermal flight, I soared along the ridge from Brünig towards…

On a very hot day with good thermals I had already flown 50 kilometres. The…

I made a first attempt to take off by a reverse inflation. The wing got up well…

It was very warm, there was little headwind and lots of spectators at the…

Planned cross-country flight from Alp Scheidegg to Wasserauen. Calm conditions…

After having a calm flight with no turbulences so far, I exited a thermal at…

During the landing approach on the base leg and in almost zero wind, I had a…

Shortly after take-off at 10m / ground, an assymetric collapse happende. Since…

The chosen take-off slope below the summit was not steep enough to fly over a…

I fly close to the terrain up the valley in search of thermals, but I'm not very…

Take-off with zero wind. The glider came up right side first and the left side…

I started to run in very light tailwind on the grassy slope and felt the wing…

Due to almost no sink near the ground, I held the brakes too long too deep. I…

During a hike and fly training I saw another pilot below me crash into a fir…

There was a cloud street along the Jura ridge, but no usable thermals below.…

Hike & Fly from a rugged mountain, with several ridges and couloirs converging…

While soaring, I was too close to the terrain and turned too close towards the…

After 25 minutes, the passenger abruptly felt sick so we headed for the landing…

Out of nowhere at almost 4,000 metres altidude, a massive collapse happended.…

After the control phase, the pilot accelerates, then sits down in the harness…

The pilot got hurt when outlanding on very uneven terrain with holes, that were…

During a cross-country flight, I found a slope facing the valley wind. I was…

According to eyewitnesses, the pilot was flying along the top of the ridge with…

In a moderate wind from the front, the student did a reverse inflation, untwited…

I did not check the pins of the rescue before take-off as there has never been a…

Due to my lack of experience (pilot licence for about 1 year) I was unprepared…

Report of a near accident involving a red and a white glider. Just after…

After 4 hours of flying, I have increased bladder pressure and the desire to…

It happened just after the Xalps... I was way too confident in myself... After…

The wind at the launch site was a bit unsteady. So I took advantage of a moment…

Attempted soaring from Zugerberg along the lake towards Arth. Although I had…

I didn't see the power line leading to a nearby building when I was in the…

Takeoff unknowingly on a lee side slope at noon (moderate valley wind). While…

After a front collapse the glider shot forward massively. I managed to stabilise…

The student pilot attempted a take-off in a light tailwind. While aborting the…

To avoid being sucked into a developping thunderstorm cloud, I turned towards…

On the last flight of my SIV I planned a rescue deployment and so stowed the…

The wind direction was changeable and slightly from the north, so I inflated the…

In the final approach I am too high and decide to destroy some height with…

That day I flew with my friend's paraglider. Immediately after takeoff, I…

Despite tendency of foehn, 4 pilots took off from Vercorin shortly before the…

On landing approach, out of nowhere, a massive side collapse occurred, followed…

It was a combination of unfavourable circumstances after a failed thermal entry:…

There are 8 (!) vultures circling in the thermals above me. I catch up with them…

During a SIV I did a side tuck, glider halfway accelerated. The situation got…

I flew the Epsilon DLS for the third time on a SIV (SIKU). I stalled the glider…

On a cross-country flight, I passed by the rock face of Mythen and, as so often,…

At the launch site the wind was variable. After Take off I realised that the…

I was in the landing approach about 40 m above ground and wanted to turn left…

Due to thermal activity and wind on take off, the glider laying on the ground…

I flew over the lake and underestimated the strong north-easterly wind (Bise =…

On final approach, I wanted to land as close as possible to the folding area,…

The student did a reverse inflation but then twisted out the wrong way and so…

On the approach, I misjudged the wind strength. I didn't manage to fly over the…

During a crosscountry flight after having crossed a valley, there were only weak…

10-15 minutes after take off but still before the starting time of the fourth…

Normally I fly the spiral dive only up to the point where the glider "bites in"…

Preparing for a wild take off after a hikeandfly, I stow my walkingsticks well…

I Didn't think and look far enough ahead when soaring along a ridge. When I…

A student repeating the base approach was several seconds late in executing the…

The student took off perfectly, but then initiated a left turn. The student did…

The student starts a nice landing approach but in the final approach he focuses…

During the manoeuvre "eight", the change from left- to right turn was too…

The school's program was takeoff, flying, touch and goes and then landing with…

Take-off run in the snow and with a slight crosswind / downwind. As I wasn not…

Doing a B-stall, I accidently pulled on a C-line on just one side. This led to a…

It was the third flight of the day. I flew as close as possible to the slope and…

Shortly after take-off, the glider drifted a little too far to the right,…

The accident happened on a car parking area, which lies in the final approach…

After 6 weeks without flying I planned a flight on the freshly snow-covered…

The final glide got a lot longer as expected due to rising air and/or a little…

Shortly after take-off I wanted to straighten myself in the harness. In doing…

Immediately after take-off the student made a sudden and abrupt avoidance…

On the 5th day of his training on the beginner slope, I take my studedent to a…

Ridgesoaring in perfect conditions. I had already made 4 top landings that day -…

The flight lasted 29 seconds from takeoff to impact. I toke of well with a…

Asymmetric inflation of the glider on the beginner slope. Instead of correcting…

The glider came up nice and clean. The sail was perfectly open and after two…

While searching for lift, the pilot flew into a dangerous transport rope that…

In ideal soaring conditions on an obstacle-free hilltop, the student was on base…

During the takeoff run the glider turns slightly to the right. My…

After the first flight I had to shorten the speed bar to be able to fly at full…

The conditions are excellent for October so I leave work a little early and go…

I placed the harness over my passenger's shoulders and fastened the small chest…

On his third flight, the student wanted to avoid a snow machine shortly after…

On the very first training flight of the student the radio shut down during the…

l tied to soar along a ridge in order to reach the next landing site. Being…

Spontaneous hike and fly tour without necessary preparation and equipment. Due…

Training on a beginner / practice slope next to parked cars. The extension of…

I Caught a gust just before landing and the glider collapsed / stalled close to…