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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 22.05.2016 (E3277)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 200 hours (37 hours) 230 flights (18 flights)	Location Durdle Door, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary While concentrating on another pilot the incident pilot found himself in a head-on situation with another paraglider. Both pilots turned left in an attempt to avoid the collision.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.05.2016 (E3314)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 90 hours 100 flights	Location Ringstead, Near Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while coastal soaring and deployed his emergency parachute. Visibility was not perfect due to thin, low cloud.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.05.2016 (E3366)	Pilot Male	Location Warren Barn Farm, Woldingham, Surrey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent Launch Type: Foot	Summary A pilot under training failed to control the glider during a forward launch and was dragged, incurring injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 15.05.2016 (E3340)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 22 years 110 hours (10 hours) 230 flights (14 flights)	Location Westbury, Wiltshire, Nr Warminster, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned towards the hill in moderate thermic conditions and experienced a large asymmetric deflation and cravat in close proximity to the hill, leading to a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 14.05.2016 (E3224)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 1000 hours (6 hours) 3000 flights (8 flights)	Location Fforest fields, Builth wells, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Antea Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while on approach to landing. Glider dived unexpectedly and pilot landed on a tent. Further inspection showed A lines had failed on one side.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.05.2016 (E3355)	Pilot Rating: P Flying Experience: 1000 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Hundred House, Brecon, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On landing approach in moderate thermic conditions the pilot induced a spin below a height at which the pilot could recover normal flight. This led to a heavy impact and subsequent injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 12.05.2016 (E3223)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 30 hours	Location Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz z5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was performing full stalls during SIV training. Successful reserve deployment after twists. Beamer 2 deployed quickly with no twists. Pilot pulled in paraglider (no quick outs), then steered and landed on beach. Pilot had not read reserve manual and put in excessive steering inputs creating a slightly unstable (swinging) descent, but landed with a roll and was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.05.2016 (E3205)	Pilot Male Age: 68 5 flights	Location Quattro, Algodonalis, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student used too much brake on launch. His feet left the ground momentarily before coming back down where student twisted ankle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.05.2016 (E3191)	Pilot Male	Location Gelligaer, South Wales, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student twisted ankle while ground handling.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.05.2016 (E3192)	Pilot Male Age: 62	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inflated wing and noticed cravat on left side. He attempted to clear it but took off anyway. He continued to attempt to clear the cravat but caused the glider to pendulum. The glider then entered a left turn and the pilot impacted the slope heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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