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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 16.01.2016 (E2964)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 hours (7 hours) 28 flights	Location MamTor, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.01.2016 (E2977)	Pilot Female Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 21 hours (21 hours) 45 flights (45 flights)	Location Macher, Lanzarote, Macher, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was looking to bottom land when she encountered severe thermic turbulence. Pilot landed heavily from approx 8m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 27.12.2015 (E2937)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years	Location South Barrule, Castletown, Isle Of Man Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Inexperienced pilot launched from hillside and allowed glider to drift over the top into lee side rotor. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 22.11.2015 (E2999)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 22 years 700 hours (20 hours) (20 flights)	Location Bishopstone cliffs, Herne Bay, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by strengthening winds while coastal soaring. Pilot was on full speedbar when glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. Glider rotated and pilot struck hill in standing position.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 03.11.2015 (E2899)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 500 hours (45 hours) 490 flights (40 flights)	Location Taucho, Adeje, Tenerife, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sports 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sink when attempting to thermal close to rocky spine. Pilot impacted hard.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 27.10.2015 (E4303)	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 28 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 500 flights (35 flights)	Location Billing, Himachal Pradesh, India, Bir, India Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Icepeak 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a cascade collapse incident while flying in a competition in India. The pilot was unable to recover the glider despite stalling twice in an attempt to 'reset' the wing. Pilot landed heavily in a 'tail slide'. Subsequent inspection showed the brake lines had shrunk by 16cm after less than 50 hours. This resulted in brake being applied inadvertently when full bar was applied.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 20.10.2015 (E2828)	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years	Location Monks Down, Near Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with tandem glider while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.10.2015 (E2853)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 550 hours (30 hours) 700 flights (25 flights)	Location Whitby, Whitby, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged crossing and ended up low in lee of harbour wall. Pilot accidentally spun glider attempting to avoid sea and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 10.10.2015 (E2797)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 260 hours (11 hours) 720 flights (15 flights)	Location Meall a' Bhuachaille, Aviemore, Aviemore, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of paraglider while trying to forward launch on uneven terrain in light wind.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 08.10.2015 (E2782)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Flying Experience: 11 years 3 hours (3 hours) 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Kimmeridge, Nr. Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Raven Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got into difficulties while top landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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