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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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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 04.10.2015 (E2766)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 3000 hours	Location Rushup Edge, High Peak, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot noticed buckle lever had stuck open so only one of the two levers was securing the buckle. Similar to fault described in Sup' Air Safety Notice No. 3 August 6th 2008.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.10.2015 (E2778)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: Pilot + tandem Flying Experience: 25 years 800 hours (50 hours)	Location Golden Ball, Marlborough, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bi Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed tandem glider and attempted to release glider with Quickouts. Pilot found that trimmers had prevented Quickouts from operating as they blocked the inner from releasing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 03.10.2015 (E2769)	Pilot Female Age: 55 Rating: Unqualified 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Fochriw/Bedlinog Bowl, Torfaen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Spark Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student sat down on launch and glider over flew and pulled student over. Glider then pulled student down the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 26.09.2015 (E2779)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 4 hours (4 hours) 10 flights (10 flights)	Location Whitewool, East Meon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse while at low level and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.09.2015 (E2731)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilots had mid-air collision while soaring and thermalling on busy ridge. One of the pilots suffered an asymmetric collapse and spiralled into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 22.09.2015 (E2719)	Pilot Female Age: 30 Rating: Under EP Instruction Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Quatro Mohones, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student had good take off while attempting a 'low hop' flight but as she became airborne she applied excessive brake. She was instructed to 'ease off' the brakes but instead released them immediately resulting in a dive towards the ground and subsequent heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 19.09.2015 (E2710)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 50 hours (3 hours) 100 flights (20 flights)	Location South Cliffs, Aberystwyth, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Fides 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While on a top to bottom flight a helicopter passed within 100m horizontally and 30m vertically of paraglider pilot. Paraglider turned away from helicopter and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.09.2015 (E2711)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 1442 hours (50 hours)	Location Latrigg, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air ION 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While flying tandem, glider suffered asymmetric collapse at low level. Pilot was unable to recover before impacting slope. Passenger landed on pilot, both unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 19.09.2015 (E2713)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 10 hours	Location Catacol, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon Launch Type: Foot	Summary Paraglider pilots had mid-air collision while soaring a ridge on the Isle of Arran. One pilot deployed his parachute and landed safely, the other impacted with the cliff and sustained serious injuries.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 19.09.2015 (E2715)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 hours (20 hours) 50 flights	Location Firle, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While struggling to get feet into new pod harness, pilot lost bearings and flew too close to the slope. Pilot landed in tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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