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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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There are 2555 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.09.2016 (E3872)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Flying Experience: 10 years	Location Quatro Mojones, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student lost balance as glider came up to one side. Student caught ankle on rock.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.09.2016 (E3870)	Pilot Female	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student sprained ankle during tandem take-off run causing launch to be aborted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt, Feet, Legs Passenger: Minor Injuries Feet, Legs
Date 17.09.2016 (E3861)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 9 years	Location Montellano, Cadiz, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was on final approach but induced slight pendulum resulting in heavier landing on one foot.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 15.09.2016 (E3860)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Flying Experience: 10 years 2 hours (2 hours) 24 flights (24 flights)	Location Sartfell, Peel, Isle Of Man Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was attempting a top landing and failed to properly align into wind for touchdown. He was landing on heather and stumbled sideways onto the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.09.2016 (E3855)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years 150 hours (20 hours) 300 flights (56 flights)	Location Malvern, Pinnacle Hill, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot put foot in rabbit hole while attempting to slope land.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 10.09.2016 (E3893)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 500 hours (20 hours) (15 flights)	Location Swinside, Lorton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider on turn onto final approach due to excessive control input.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 09.09.2016 (E3881)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 15 hours (10 hours) 20 flights (10 flights)	Location Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was uhndertaking SIV training. The exercise was Full Stall, during which the reserve parachute deployed. Video playback suggest that the pilots hands thrashing around during the exercise brushed the reserve handle dislodging the pins and deplyed the reserve.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.09.2016 (E4120)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 25 hours (20 hours) 70 flights (45 flights)	Location Annecy, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During full stall while on SIV course the parachute deployment handle became snagged by glider lines. Pilot regained control of glider but then parachute came out and pilot landed in the lake under his parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.09.2016 (E3880)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 20 hours (10 hours) 20 flights (10 flights)	Location Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got too close to trees having been thermalling and soaring. Glider caught tree and pilot became suspended from tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.09.2016 (E4310)	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 2 hours	Location Bishop hill, Kinnesswood, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to land on a school football pitch overshooting the landing area, which resulted in the glider getting caught by a telephone line and the pilot having a hard landing on tarmac.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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