Accident reports

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

The student is a foreign licensed student who does his education for the…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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.…

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…

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

The student stepped into a hole and broke her foot during an otherwise normal…

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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 =…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

Flight through a 7mm cattle guard wire that was 10m above the ground.…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

While flying along the Gross Mythen, it was rough and turbulent due to valley…

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

After a left turn, the left side of the wing collapsed and slightly cravatted.…

Shortly after takeoff I took both steering handles in one hand to grab my leg…

Landing approach with many S turnd to repeat base. The student got closer and…

While taking off on the training slope the student got schifted to the left and…

During the approach to Stechelberg, I underestimated the low altitude. Due to…

I actually wanted to make a glide from the lower launch site at Hummel to the…

The student pilot didn't repeat the base approach but turned directly into final…

While soaring with fellow pilots, I collided with the terrain due to a brief…

I was soaring and looking for a thermal that would take me back up. I tried to…

I have often taken off from Weissenstein and knew the dangers of a westerly…

I was on my 18 training flight, testing another wing size (S) which reacted more…

For a tandem take-off, another tandem pilot assisted me on take off. During the…

During a cross-country flight the glider collapsed massively, after which only a…

The forecasts for the Jura were great. XC Therm with 3m/s and a weak north wind.…

After a long cross-country flight, I chose the wrong landing site because of…

After crossing the valley from Gonzen to Falknis, I enter strong turbulences…

My glider inflated and I started to run, but my glider would not take off. So I…

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During the take-off run, the passenger hesitated and slowed down. I already had…

After flying for about 5 minutes, I flew into a transport wire that was hanging…

Lines sorted and briefly inflated without harness, A-risers and brakes ok so…

Before take-off, I hardly controlled the valley wind and noticed that the closer…

Flying in strong valley wind, I got 100m behind the landing field and couldn't…

I took off with knots in the upper brake lines on the right side of the wing.…

When releasing the full stall, the glider shot forward under the pilot. During…

When I was inflating the glider, I noticed that the right brake line had wrapped…

After having perfectly done his SIV exercises, the pilot was told by the SIV…

After flying along the ridge, I turn 180° in order to fly back. In that moment I…

Good soaring conditions, so the students practice slopesoaring. One of them was…

During a cross-country flight on the occasion of a guided tour, a participant…

Great flight in the Aosta Valley. Despite a good preflight biefing, I…

I had initiated a turn and must have entered a very turbulent air mass. When I…

Before take off I did a short pre-infaltion in order to control the lines and…

Shortly after take-off I noticed interferences on the right side of the glider…

First trial day on the beginner slope. During a training flight (approx. 10 m…

I actually wanted to fly to Zug. For this purpose, I had to be at least 300…

During the cross-approach I was moved too far sideways by a gust of tailwind. As…

The valley crossing didn't work out and I wanted to land at the middle station,…

Final approach in the direction of a windsock. While landing, the pilot didn't…

During the second training flight, the pilot came in rather low during the…

Today's school manoeuvre was 360° turns. One possible task was to go as far as…

Just after take off, without any warning, the whole front of the canopy…

After takeoff at an altitude of about 30 m I had a front collapse shortly before…

Due to a careless pre-flight check, the right speed system line was twisted with…

The student had the task of landing independently and so entered the landing…

Completely unexpected and thus surprising front collapse without warning. There…

To avoid climbing into the cloud, I decided to accelerate 50-60%. The air was…

There was norht wind so I choose to take off from the norht side. Then I entered…

At around 1000m above sea level, a dangerous approach occurred between an F18…

Take-off, approx. 3min after a hangglider. I fly to the usual thermal spot.…

We had a nasty incident with a paraglider and our carriage.We had harnessed a…

As the northwest wind seemed to be decreasing during the takeoff preparation, I…

While cross-country flying, I got stuck in an inversion layer. After 2 hours of…

While thermalling (left hand turns) over steep mountain terrain, the glider…

First attempt to take off failed (capricious wind), I replace myself at the take…

Preparation and take-off run was normal, but as soon as I was in the air the…

I was XC flying alone in the Pyrenees. After an outlanding in a side valley, I…

There was a lot of people at the take-off. I carefully prepare my glider above…

Above the landing the main wind was 10-15 km/h south-west as predicted. At the…

Pilot slipped in the mud 3m before the cliff (clifflaunch), fell down and…

After a very quick line control (as the glider was already attached to the…

On approach I watched the wind for a long time and it was clearly blowing from…

The instructor (me) made the student land too far from the target and the…

About 5 minutes before my take-off a helicopter flew on my flight path, but…

The landing approach started well. On the downwind leg, the student pilot was a…

During the reverse take-off, I was suddenly lifted by a strong thermal gust and…