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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 06.08.2016 (E3697)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 201 hours (30 hours) 200 flights (30 flights)	Location Newgale, Newgale, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Game 42 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem passenger tripped during launch twisting fingers.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 30.07.2016 (E3657)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 180 hours (50 hours) 360 flights (70 flights)	Location Moel Famau, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot collided with (unspecified) obstacle while on final approach.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 30.07.2016 (E3668)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 250 hours (2 hours) (3 flights)	Location Plaine Joux, Chamonix valley, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by deteriorating weather and was forced to land on hard ground in lee of ridge and trees. Pilot landed heavily in PLF position.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 23.07.2016 (E3585)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 200 hours (30 hours) 200 flights (10 flights)	Location Rybury, Pewsey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Immediately after taking off the pilot put his feet into his pod and one of the pod support strings snapped. Pilot top landed and made repair.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.07.2016 (E3597)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Eype, Bridport Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off without adequate pre-flight check and took off in front of approaching pilot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.07.2016 (E3586)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years	Location Branscombe, East Devon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot applied excessive control on final approach to top landing. Glider stalled at approx 6m and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.07.2016 (E3549)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Flying Experience: 10 years 30 flights (30 flights)	Location High and Over, Seaford, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student had been briefed for soaring and slope landing. After take-off, he turned right then weight shifted hard right and steered towards the hill. He was instructed to turn out from the hill (over the radio), but continued to fly towards the hill and connected, putting his hand out to stop himself.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.07.2016 (E3632)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 415 hours (40 hours) 1200 flights (50 flights)	Location La Lastra, Piedrahita, Spain Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 60m while attempting to land in gusty, strong wind conditions. Pilot was blown back and landed between trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 17.07.2016 (E3594)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 1500 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights)	Location Manteigas, Manteigas, Portugal Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to carry out adequate pre-flight-check and launched with tangled lines. Glider turned quickly to right and pilot struck head on rocks and tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.07.2016 (E3543)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 70 hours (9 hours) 205 flights (28 flights)	Location Tailbridge, Cumbria, Kirkby Stephen, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary A pilot flying on a site he had flown on numerous previous occasions encountered unexpected sinking air when making a top landing in a north westerly wind, and impacted the ground hard, causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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