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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 08.06.2016 (E3381)	Pilot Female Age: 30 Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour (1 hour) 38 flights (38 flights)	Location Limerstone, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Cruiser Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student made slightly heavier than usual landing and sprained ankle slightly.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.06.2016 (E4113)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 600 hours (20 hours) 600 flights (30 flights)	Location Craigellachie, Aviemore, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off from knee deep heather in strong conditions. Pilot entered thermal and glider immediately entered spin. Pilot struck rock face at speed. Inspection showed speedbar line had been wrapped around vario prior to take-off.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 04.06.2016 (E3358)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 500 hours (70 hours) 1000 flights (60 flights)	Location Buttermere, Buttermere, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bobcat Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged his approach and wingtip clipped a tree causing the glider to turn off the intended path. With insufficient height to make any corrections the pilot landed on the roof of a parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.06.2016 (E3365)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 26 years 1000 hours (5 hours) 1000 flights (10 flights)	Location Parlick, Chipping, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst walking up the hill with an inflated wing, the emergency parachute inner container inadvertently released from the pilot's Gin Gingo 3 harness, despite the closure pins having been previously checked in their positions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.06.2016 (E3357)	Pilot Female Rating: Novice 4 flights (4 flights)	Location Beddinham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot under training failed to flare the glider upon landing and was injured.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 03.06.2016 (E3373)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 11 hours (9 hours) 33 flights (25 flights)	Location Llangollen, Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On approach to landing in strong thermic conditions, the pilot overshot the landing area and applied the controls more deeply intending to steepen the glide path. The pilot then applied full controls to flare and stalled the wing, resulting in a heavy impact with the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Pelvis
Date 03.06.2016 (E3383)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 85 hours (17 hours) 90 flights (16 flights)	Location Buttermere, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot left thermal on lee side of hill and got caught in leeside turbulence. Glider suffered collapse and twisted risers resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 29.05.2016 (E3322)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 22 years 1000 hours (30 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights)	Location Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with model glider while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.05.2016 (E3339)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP Dual Hill Flying Experience: 22 years 476 hours (33 hours) 922 flights (107 flights)	Location Rhossili Down, Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance BiBeta 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot discovered that red security covers on Quick Out Karabiners had moved to the open position during a reverse tandem launch. Covers were closed position prior to launch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 23.05.2016 (E3295)	Pilot Male Age: 23 Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour (1 hour) 8 flights (8 flights)	Location Lowca, Whitehaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student misjudged approach and caught foot on wall before turning in to landing area.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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