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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:

• All Wing Types
• 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 17.04.2017 (E4492)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 5 hours (1 hour) 32 flights (15 flights)	Location Barton Aerodrome, Manchester, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot noticed frayed webbing between harness and Charly tow release while packing away.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.04.2017 (E4386)	Pilot Female Age: 24 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 1 hour (2 hours) 30 flights (7 flights)	Location Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was ridge soaring and got too close to the slope resulting in a fast impact.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 13.04.2017 (E4393)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Flying Experience: 9 years 20 flights (20 flights)	Location Bell Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student had completed short soaring flight and was briefed for a slope landing. On making initial approach student clipped tree in hedge line causing the glider to surge forward. Student landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 11.04.2017 (E4376)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 2 hours 50 flights	Location Gribbles ridge, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered an aneurysm and collapsed while ground handling prior to launch.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 10.04.2017 (E4632)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 200 hours (15 hours) (12 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RX3.5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had not attached nose cone properly causing the glider to become unstable during high speed glide. Glider descended rapidly and impacted heavily bending both uprights.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2017 (E4461)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 62 hours (825 hours) 126 flights (18 flights)	Location Gemona, Slovenia, Slovenia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bgd Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a frontal collapse which then led to a cravat. This subsequently led to a spiral dive, pilot tried to regain control of the wing and remove the cravat but to no avail. Reserve deployed when it was clear that there was insufficient height to regain control but was to low to deploy fully. Pilot spiral into the tree canopy and then impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 08.04.2017 (E4355)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years	Location Fairsnape/Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple 7 Queen Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot entered thermal in strong, punchy conditions. Glider began to spin then entered parachutal stall to the ground 30m below.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 08.04.2017 (E4456)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 110 hours (15 hours) 74 flights (20 flights)	Location Ballard down, Swanage, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered cravat while coastal soaring and lost height in recovering. Pilot landed in the sea but was able to swim to a cave and recover kit. Pilot rescued by RNLI.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2017 (E4372)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 500 hours (3 hours) 500 flights (2 flights)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Devizes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made 360 degree turn in front of hill in weak lift. Glider began to spin then stalled and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.04.2017 (E4352)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Flying Experience: 9 years 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student attempted to launch but glider came up to one side. Student told to abort launch but continued and dived over a fence landing on shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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