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Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

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 21.01.2014 (E850)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 270 hours	Location Zarzal-la-Victoria, Colombia Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Rain, Snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While on speedbar in sinking air between thermals glider had frontal collapsed then dived and rotated partially trapping pilot's hand. Pilot threw parachute immediately but could not disable canopy. Parachute was flying backwards and pilot landed hard on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 11.01.2014 (E849)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 60 hours 60 flights	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot	Summary While soaring in crowded conditions, pilot had mid air collision with another paraglider. Both gliders suffered small asymmetric collapses but both recovered immediately and the pilots continued flying.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 01.01.2014 (E851)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 473 hours 442 flights	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Using a particular 'cross brake' reverse launch technique, pilot found that the brake line was getting caught in the magnetic keepers for the brake handles. Pilot noted that others had had similar problems. Pilot modified keepers.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 30.11.2013 (E846)	Pilot Male Age: 17 Rating: Unqualified	Location Field Farm, Oxon, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot was being static towed behind a vehicle when the tow rope snapped while he was at approx 10m. Glider dived, had a frontal collapse and the pilot swung into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine

Date 20.11.2013 (E852)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 250 hours	Location Bir/Billing, Dharamsala, India	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fatal

Date 13.11.2013 (E840)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 42 years 1000 hours 500 flights	Location Haresfield, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had asymmetric collapse and then spun into the ground before being bounced and dragged.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 11.11.2013 (E845)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Flying Experience: 4 hours 28 flights	Location Agruegour, Morocco Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was on soaring flight under instruction with the intention of maintaining height. At the end of one beat the student continued the turn as if to 360. Instructed to turn away but did not. Student flew into the side of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Date 10.11.2013 (E841)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 35 years 900 hours	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying with large amount of brake while coming in to land at approx 2m off the ground. At this moment a tandem glider passed in front and the paraglider stalled dropping the pilot on his back.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Date 04.11.2013 (E843)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 3 hours 6 flights	Location Pleinmont North, Guernsey, Guernsey Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed on grassy plateaux as wind appeared to be dropping. Before he turned to face the glider a gust hit and dragged the pilot back and over rocky terrain and then over a 6m drop onto rocks.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 02.11.2013 (E836)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 1 hour	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 1 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off in windy conditions and became pinned above the launch area. he then flew back into the leeside rotor and crash heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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