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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 01.09.2016 (E3790)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 200 hours (30 hours) 150 flights (15 flights)	Location Butser West, Butser Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Senso Sport Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sink while flying low over trees. Pilot landed in the trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.09.2016 (E3791)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 10 hours (10 hours) 55 flights (55 flights)	Location Stubbington, Stubbington, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed but was then dragged in strong wind. Glider caught on fence and caused some minor damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.08.2016 (E3789)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years	Location Curium, Limassol, Cyprus Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Paraglider collapsed whilst ridge soaring on a coastal site, causing the pilot to fall 15-20m impacting heavily on hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 26.08.2016 (E3774)	Pilot Female	Location Gribbles Ridge, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student stumbled during practice take-off run and twisted her elbow.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 24.08.2016 (E3760)	Pilot Male Age: 46 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Muggary Bottom, Near Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student overflew landing area and flew into barbwire fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 17.08.2016 (E3722)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour (1 hour) 20 flights (20 flights)	Location Swanborough, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student did not flare on slope landing and landed with feet out front.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 15.08.2016 (E3786)	Pilot Male Age: 37 4 flights (4 flights)	Location Warren Barn Farm, Woldingham,Surrey, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student lost balance on launch and fell over.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.08.2016 (E3694)	Pilot Male Age: 36 8 flights (8 flights)	Location Moel Elio, Bangor, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Discus Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student sprained ankle on take off run.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 09.08.2016 (E3752)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 500 hours (30 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Liddington Castle, Four Marks, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Volt 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered large deflation while on bar and at altitude while on XC. Glider entered cascade and despite 4 attempts to stall out, pilot ended up with large cravat. Pilot opted to deploy parachute as he could not guarantee being able to land safely. Parachute deployed but downplayed with glider. Pilot landed in trees uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.08.2016 (E3650)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 38 hours (19 hours) 174 flights (101 flights)	Location Rybury, Alton Barnes, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot sustained asymmetric collapse while ridge soaring in strong, gusty and thermic conditions. Pilot could not regain control of the glider before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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