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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
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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 01.06.2020 (E14026)	Pilot Male	Location Blaenavon, Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary A launch assistant inadvertently deployed the emergency parachute during a tandem launch. The launch was aborted with the aid of a bystander who helped to secure the wing and emergency parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 31.05.2020 (E14005)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 50 years 1050 hours (2 hours) 1200 flights (3 flights)	Location Not stated, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing T2c Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged distance on approach to landing and failed to maintain sufficient airspeed to flare, leading to a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.05.2020 (E14104)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 130 flights (6 flights)	Location Abingdon Army Base, Abingdon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Harley Harley 288 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary The pilot attempted to fly back to launch and was not able to turn into wind to land. He attempted a crosswind landing on tarmac at speed and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 30.05.2020 (E13915)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 1000 hours (30 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Abingdon Airfield, Abingdon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Harley Harley Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Upon release of the tow line, pilot induced a full stall and spin. During spin the break line snapped. Canopy self recovered. Pilot landed safely into wind using the rear risers.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.05.2020 (E13918)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Malverns Black Hill, Malverns, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: ICARO Stratos Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of the glider due to a failure in the control system, and collided with trees. He subsequently found that a spoiler wire was tangled around a rib.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 30.05.2020 (E14044)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was too low to turn to the landing field, being in close proximity to a line of trees between the slope he was flying and the landing field. He was seen to collide with the slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.05.2020 (E14155)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 150 hours (14 hours) 177 flights (15 flights)	Location Ground handling Field, Ammanford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ground handling his paraglider when some lines became snagged and damaged, having been caught around the ski goggle clip on the rear of his Sup Air "Pilot" helmet. Upon inspection he found that the screw casing for the clip (set into the moulded helmet shell) was protruding beyond the shell of the helmet. This caused the snag and damage to the lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.05.2020 (E13897)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 1000 hours (3 hours) (3 flights)	Location Leckhampton, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempting slope landing in light conditions landed at high ground speed and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 27.05.2020 (E13894)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, Peak district, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Arktik Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.05.2020 (E13888)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P	Location High and Over, Seaford, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary The wind direction changed during top landing approach. The pilot impacted hard and collided with a fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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