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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
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• Rigid Hang Glider
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• 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 19.06.2017 (E4741)	Pilot Female Rating: CP Flying Experience: 30 hours (9 hours) 40 flights (20 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Geronimo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered sink over a town and was unable to make the landing field. Pilot was forced to make an emergency landing by the side of a busy road. On approach the glider became caught on a lamp post suspending the pilot 1m above the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.06.2017 (E4783)	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 630 hours (21 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Col de Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse while thermalling close to the ridge in strong thermic conditions. Pilot was blown into the slope and glider caught in a small tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.06.2017 (E4740)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 9 hours (7 hours) 46 flights (36 flights)	Location High Wheeldon, Buxton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Muse 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting to make a slope landing but thought he was too low to clear a fence that ran down the slope across his path. Instead of turning away from the hill the pilot turned towards the hill and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 18.06.2017 (E4775)	Pilot Female Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 9 years 5 flights (5 flights)	Location Mt Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student didn't flare fully on landing from low hop flight. Student landed seated and caught foot, twisting ankle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.06.2017 (E4729)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 140 hours 179 flights	Location Merthyr, Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot noticed clip on harness chest buckle was not right as 'release button' had gone inside the buckle. Pilot adjusted the buckle but was able to pull buckle open with minimal force.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.06.2017 (E5353)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour (2 hours) 2 flights (3 flights)	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ibex 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot flew into hill and landed in gorse bush.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.06.2017 (E4728)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 240 hours (37 hours) 244 flights (24 flights)	Location Sandymouth bay, Vicarage Cliffs in Morwenstow, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by switching light winds while attempting a coastal ridge run. Pilot was forced to land in small cove having got too low to land anywhere else.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.06.2017 (E4778)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 80 hours (20 hours) 200 flights (60 flights)	Location Butser hill west, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Senso Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was blown back over launch in breezy conditions and suffered a frontal collapse when trying to push forwards. Glider entered spiral and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 16.06.2017 (E4742)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 480 hours (51 hours) 860 flights (36 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to asses fluctuating wind direction while making landing approach and flew through rotor turbulence. Glider suffered asymmetric collapse and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 16.06.2017 (E4725)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 320 hours (50 hours)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On launching pilot was caught out by a gust. Pilot was blown back into the car park and collided with a parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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