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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
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• Other

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

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There are 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 16.05.2020 (E13774)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 35 years	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring on a new wing and was seen to be flying the wing slowly. Just above the top of the hill he made a turn and the glider started to spin. The pilot reacted by applying the control on the opposite side. The wing was seen to enter a deep stall and the pilot descended vertically to impact the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 16.05.2020 (E13762)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP Hill Flying Experience: 11 years 17 hours (1 hour) 30 flights (1 flight)	Location Wetton Hill, Staffs, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone RUSH 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot ground handling on a hillside in thermic conditions was inadvertently lifted to approx 300ft agl. He used the speed bar to aid his descent and suffered a full frontal collapse which re-inflated just before impact.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.05.2020 (E13768)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Selsley Common, Stroud, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arak Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a collapse in thermic air above takeoff. The pilot applied the controls in an attempt to damp the dive and control his pendulum under the wing. The wing was seen to descend vertically in a stalled state and the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.05.2020 (E13855)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 76 hours (6 hours) 153 flights (3 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Punk Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was using his paraglider to kite back up the hill, downwind of a line of trees, in thermic conditions. He was inadvertently lifted off the ground in a gust and before he could gain control was turned into the hill where he suffered injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 15.05.2020 (E13747)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Flying Experience: 9 years 60 hours (3 hours) 105 flights (6 flights)	Location Challow, SWINDON, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Universal Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Maverick	Summary Pilot was practising walking with the motor running on his back without a wing but slipped and fell over. Pilot released throttle but didn't hit the kill switch quickly enough. Throttle cable struck prop and wrapped round the exhaust. Kill switch did not function, with engine stuck on half throttle. Eventually exhaust melted throttle cable and engine stopped. No Injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2020 (E13738)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 320 hours (12 hours) 1040 flights (8 flights)	Location Bo Peep, Alciston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: Air Design Atos v Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered heavy sink while attempting to make an upslope landing. Pilot tried to turn away from the hill to bottom land but sinking air meant he landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2020 (E13744)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 500 hours 1000 flights	Location Combe gibbet, Inkpen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while thermalling close to the ridge on a crowded day. Both pilots were unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.03.2020 (E13625)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 13 hours (13 hours) 35 flights (35 flights)	Location Dunes, Nid d’Aigle, Morocco Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot intentionally stalled wing over sand from 2m to find stall point. On impact the emergency parachute deployed. Pilot noted that this had happened before from the Advance Progress 3 harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.03.2020 (E14059)	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 24 hours (16 hours) 150 flights (4 flights)	Location Great Orme, Llandudno, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was inadvertently lifted off his feet when reverse launching. He was dragged and struck the slope several times before the glider came to rest.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.03.2020 (E17160)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 150 hours (25 hours) 150 flights (25 flights)	Location Marros, Amroth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was on final approach in deteriorating conditions and an approaching rain shower. He was lifted in turbulent air and carried downwind towards a power line. He stalled the paraglider at 3m agl in an attempt to touch down before reaching the power line, and landed unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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