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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 07.06.2014 (E1121)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Hill Flying Experience: 27 years 750 hours (40 hours) 3000 flights (40 flights)	Location Gemona Italy, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary During competition task the pilot was forced to slope land on an inaccessible area on a mountain. Helicopter was called and pilot was safely extracted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.06.2014 (E1185)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 44 years 2000 hours (100 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Gemona, Italy, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Very Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Trango XC2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a frontal collapse that resulted in twisted risers while flying leeside in a competition. Pilot deployed parachute and landed safely on the mountain. He was led off the mountain by mountain rescue.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.06.2014 (E1116)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Competition Flying Experience: 20 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 1500 flights (50 flights)	Location Gemona italy, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Icepeak 7 pro Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered 50% + asymmetric collapse at low level. Collapse resulted in uncontrolled spiral so pilot deployed his emergency parachute. Pilot landed in a tree uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.06.2014 (E1107)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Adanced Pilot Flying Experience: 28 years 350 hours (40 hours) 650 flights (30 flights)	Location Gemona italy, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was scratching low over a village in a competition and ran out of landing options. Pilot landed heavily in a garden but was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2014 (E1545)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 210 hours (2 hours) 350 flights (2 flights)	Location Worcestershire Beacon Malvern, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Vega II Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sink on approach to landing field but did not leave enough height. Glider hit an unused telephone cable that the pilot had not noticed as the poles were hidden by trees. Glider slid down over wires and pilot landed heavily on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 31.05.2014 (E1113)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Tow	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot had been ridge soaring for about 25 mins. Instructor had briefed for soaring with the possibility of top landing if all was well. Pilot was instructed to gain more height before attempting to top land but then had 50% asymmetric collapse. Glider turned sharply and dived and pilot hit hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 26.05.2014 (E1073)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P	Location Buckstones Edge, Huddersfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nivuik Hook Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was losing height and scratching for lift close in to the hill below the level of the road between the main site and Buckstones House. He was lifted suddenly, at which point his glider collapsed on the side nearest the road (this pilot's right side), seemingly in rotor. He was pulled across the road and impacted the slope on the far side.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 25.05.2014 (E1112)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Compton Whites, IOW, IOW, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a slope landing as the lift was less than expected. A gust led to a harder than anticipated landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 21.05.2014 (E1125)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 70 hours (10 hours) 100 flights (6 flights)	Location Whitchieknowe, Selkirk, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot broke ankle whilst collapsing glider, having safely slope landed.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 17.05.2014 (E1048)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent 2	Summary Pilot was ridge soaring at the northern end of the Dunstable ridge close to the ground in light wind with occasional thermal activity. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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