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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 07.07.2019 (E11146)	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: CP	Location NHGPC, GT Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z4 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot went offline on tow and failed to make the necessary correction. Winch was stopped but pilot continued with no correction and crashed into a tree.,	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.07.2019 (E11143)	Pilot Male	Location NHGPC, Gt Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot went offline on tow. Winch operator guillotined the line but pilot continued to 360 and narrowly missed large trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.07.2019 (E11248)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 14 hours (15 hours) 33 flights (34 flights)	Location Brighstone, Shorwell, UK Conditions:, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5	Summary Pilot hit sinking air while ridge soaring and was unable to make chosen landing field. Pilot landed heavily with brakes on but caught arm on the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 06.07.2019 (E11134)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Flying Experience: 7 years 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Field opposite Upton Marina, Upton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Other Wing: Waterbird Mistral Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student did parachute landing fall as is done with round canopy but hurt left shin. Checked by paramedic who was onsite.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.07.2019 (E11290)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 250 hours (30 hours) 150 flights (20 flights)	Location Sederon, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting low save but misjudged wind speed and distance from the hill. Pilot could not complete the turn and struck the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 29.06.2019 (E11110)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Talybont SW, Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Ozone Firefly 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student attempting first hops drifted across the slope and put out right hand to absorb impact. Student sprained wrist.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.06.2019 (E11077)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Flying Experience: 7 years 1 hour (1 hour) 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Sierra de Beau, Jumilla, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student started forward launch but the glider did not come up straight. Student kept running despite being told to stop. Student fell over hitting back on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 26.06.2019 (E11074)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 7 years 1 hour (5 hours) 5 flights (5 flights)	Location La paca lump, La paca, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was launching glider and as glider came over head started to run, but fell over and landed on a rock which cut leg open.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 23.06.2019 (E10954)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Parascending Pilot Flying Experience: 11 years 537 flights (100 flights)	Location Birdwings, South Cerney Airfield, Swindon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Performance Designs Zero Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary On 13th vehicle tow of the day pilot signalled for release, vehicle slowed but canopy accelerated and felt the tow pressure increase suddenly, line broke just past the release and recoiled into pilot's face.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 22.06.2019 (E11344)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 16 years 270 hours (40 hours) 370 flights (35 flights)	Location XClent tow field, Near Hawling, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple 7 Queen 2 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary On attempting to release from the towline, pilot found the bridle cord had twisted round the three ring circus release preventing the release from operating. Line was guillotined and pilot eventually managed to untwist and release.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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