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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 18.09.2015 (E2971)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years (30 flights)	Location Fleetwith Pike, Lake District, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of paraglider while in close proximity to fellside, while on cross country flight.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 16.09.2015 (E2716)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 250 hours (30 hours) 150 flights (50 flights)	Location Sopot Bulgaria, Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While thermalling close to the treeline, pilot caught wing tip in branches and was pulled into tree.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 09.09.2015 (E2676)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 90 hours (16 hours) 200 flights (27 flights)	Location Forclas, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was unable to control wing on launch as it came up asymmetrically due to the wind being off centre. Pilot ran off launch area into shrubs and wedged foot.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 08.09.2015 (E2668)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 360 hours (30 hours) 1008 flights (90 flights)	Location HMS Mercury, Nr Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot struck hawthorn bush while scratching low in weak conditions.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 08.09.2015 (E2677)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 24 hours (3 hours) 96 flights (10 flights)	Location FORCLAZ, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged final approach and landed in a 10m high tree. Pilot then fell backwards through the tree from approx 8m.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Thoracic Spine
Date 26.08.2015 (E2608)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Swiss Licence Flying Experience: 31 years 1500 hours (50 hours) 3000 flights (30 flights)	Location Le Chalvet, St André les Alpes, France Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Enzo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying using speed bar when the glider suffered a large frontal collapse. Pilot assessed the collapse as not recoverable given his altitude and so deployed his parachute. Pilot landed safely in trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 18.08.2015 (E2552)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 hours (10 hours)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was forced to take avoiding action by another paraglider pilot who refused to give way while ridge soaring. Pilot, who refused to give his name, said he didn't give way as he didn't want to drop out the lift band.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.08.2015 (E2462)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 430 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (50 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bi Beta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilots misjudged approach and landed on the bank of a river. Luckily the glider over flew them and landed on the grass bank.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 17.08.2015 (E2555)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 600 hours (50 hours) (60 flights)	Location Rhossili, S Wales, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bi Beta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Immediately after launch a loud 'crack' was heard from the right side spreader bar. The pilot made an immediate bottom landing. On inspection the plastic bar inside the Advance rigid spreader had snapped though it remained encased in the fabric sheath.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 15.08.2015 (E2159)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 250 hours (15 hours) 100 flights (8 flights)	Location Witchieknowe, Scottish Borders, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught by strong thermic cycle while grouhdhandling causing swift body rotation leading to twisted knee and minor injury. Able to depower wing and regain control without getting dragged. Packed up and walked off hill.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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