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All incident reports submitted via the old pan Europe incident reporting system, that had been approved for publication prior to 21 January 2026, can be found below.

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 on our FIDA Incident reports page

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

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

Incident reports for all wing types 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 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.04.2018 (E5921)	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years 1200 hours 500 flights	Location Bridge of don sand dunes, Aberdeen, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2	Summary On downwind leg while dune soaring wind lessened. Pilot turned into wind to land not quite into wind tripped on landing extended left arm in sand breaking wrist.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 11.04.2018 (E6050)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 50 hours (5 hours)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Foot	Summary With all settings as per manual, glider response to SIV manoeuvres was well in excess of EN requirements for B rated glider. Symmetric and asymmetric collapses gave recovery characteristics of EN D.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2018 (E5888)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 8 years 3 hours (2 hours) 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Beklemeto STH, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD EPIC Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider pitched on landing approach and student failed to flare.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 29.03.2018 (E5786)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 87 hours (25 hours) 48 flights	Location Horden, North East of England, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air Leaf Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was coastal soaring and on crossing a headland, encountered rotor turbulence forcing him down. Pilot assumed he was high enough to avoid the turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.03.2018 (E5771)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Flying Experience: 8 years 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Rabou, Gap, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not flare on low hop and landed faster than expected.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 26.03.2018 (E5717)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 1500 hours (80 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Whitesheet, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Soon after takeoff glider suffered a full frontal collapse followed by an asymmetric collapse. Glider dived to recover but too low. Pilot struck slope on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.03.2018 (E5714)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years	Location Monksdown, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot deliberately stalled glider but was unable to control the recovery. The glider diver 135 degrees and pilot fell past. Pilot deployed parachute and landed moments after it had inflated.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2018 (E5708)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 230 hours (12 hours) 882 flights (46 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot flew into an area with limited options hoping to find lift. Found none and landed in bush.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2018 (E5699)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 300 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Carrera+ Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made course correction when pilot in front turned sharper than he expected while ridge soaring in busy conditions. This corrected path resulted in a midair collision with another paraglider who was passing below. Both pilots landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2018 (E5702)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 29 years 1000 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (10 flights)	Location Sutton Meadows, Cambridgeshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary On release at 2000' at the top of the aerotow the pilot's barrel release string wrapped around itself and knotted, causing itself, and hence the pilot, to remain connected from one side of the harness to the standard metal ring on the end of the tow line. Pilot was able to force a weak link break and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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