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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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Incident reports for paraglider wings are displayed below in summary form.

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 22.12.2016 (E4157)	Pilot Male Age: 19 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 45 hours (27 hours) 300 flights (150 flights)	Location Milk Hill, Near Alton Priors, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Geronimo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged weather and made the incorrect decision to land at the top of the hill. Due to the wind strength the pilot decided to land in the field behind take off but had insufficient height and landed on a fence damaging the wing/harnesses but otherwise unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.12.2016 (E4122)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 202 hours (62 hours) 297 flights (46 flights)	Location Slimbridge sports field, Slimbridge, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Dudek Hadron XX Launch Type: Foot	Summary While making 'dry run' approach in low light conditions, the pilot failed to see power lines that were partially hidden along a line of trees surrounding the chosen field. Pilot struck the power lines and sustained minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 21.11.2016 (E4092)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 60 hours (30 hours)	Location Nigels, Aglou / Mirleft, Morocco Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas XA Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot decided to abort launch at the very last moment, by full application of control handles in order to stall wing. Could not stop and fell from front of the launch approx 5ft onto mountainside. Was assisted in collecting wing and climbing back onto launch.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 17.11.2016 (E4086)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 100 hours	Location Otiva, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to reverse launch but was lifted off feet and the risers became twisted. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 12.11.2016 (E4027)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 4 hours (4 hours) 10 flights (10 flights)	Location Dickiedanda, Pokhara, Nepal Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot twisted ankle on landing in turbulent conditions.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 12.11.2016 (E4080)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Flying Experience: 3 hours (1 hour) 13 flights (1 flight)	Location Diki Danada, Pokhara, Nepal Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student lost altitude while ridge soaring and got too close to the trees. Pilot landed safely on slope having found gap in the trees. Glider became caught on trees but was undamaged.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.11.2016 (E4035)	Pilot Female Rating: P	Location Hill Farm, Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Acent Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Tow release failed to release on the top of tow, winch operator guillotined line, pilot landed safely with line attached. On inspection the release loop cord was located beyond the release pin attachedment eye, as the width of the pin attachemnt eye is wider than the pin the pin could not be pulled out when under load.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.11.2016 (E4058)	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 63 hours (40 hours) 126 flights (80 flights)	Location Ballard Down, Swanage, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot applied excessive control while turning in to wind for landing due to being lower than anticipated. Glider suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 04.11.2016 (E3997)	Pilot Male Age: 25 Flying Experience: 10 years 3 hours (3 hours) 17 flights (17 flights)	Location Sirkot, Walling, Nepal Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Nepalese Pilot took off while on an IPPI thermal training course. He flew for approximately ten minutes before being seen in a locked in spiral dive. The pilot did not recover from the spiral dive and crashed.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 02.11.2016 (E3992)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 197 hours (59 hours) 198 flights (49 flights)	Location Clough Head, Keswick, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot received glider back from repair centre to find that a proportion of the brake cascade had not been reconnected.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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