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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 20.07.2013 (E670)	Pilot Male	Location Woldingham Valley, Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron	Summary Student launched glider but went off line. Second student dived out of the way to avoid and dislocated shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 17.07.2013 (E789)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 275 hours 1000 flights	Location High and Over, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While attempting to thermal the pilot drifted too far back over the hill at a low height into an area of rotor. Pilot hit rotor and was dumped down heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 15.07.2013 (E793)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 600 hours 900 flights	Location The Terrace, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Speed Tandem Launch Type: Foot	Summary During take off run in light winds the tandem passenger slowed down and the glider could not launch. Both pilot and passenger fell over the edge of the terrace onto a sandy ledge 6m below.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries Lumbar Spine
Date 14.07.2013 (E781)	Pilot Male	Location White Horse, Wesybury, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched with asymmetric collapse and was immediately turned back into the hill from approx 5m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 13.07.2013 (E794)	Pilot Male Age: 61	Location St Catherines, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary During practice launch run the student allowed the glider to overfly him. The instructor told him to apply some brake but the student did not. Glider pulled student over.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 12.07.2013 (E790)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 250 hours 1000 flights	Location Morzine, France Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Astral 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On final approach pilot was lifted by thermal then dumped back down from 4m. Pilot suspects he may have had too much brake applied.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 07.07.2013 (E780)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Cairnwell, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot set up for reverse launch on rocky hillside. As he inflated the glider a wingtip snagged on the rocks and the glider was lifted by a thermal gust. The pilot lost control and was lifted and crashed down repeatedly before coming to rest in an unconscious state. He was attended by other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 07.07.2013 (E782)	Pilot Male	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on approach then stalled glider in from approx 20m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 07.07.2013 (E785)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 19 hours	Location Bo Peep, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered mid air collision with another paraglider on busy site. Both landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.07.2013 (E797)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 200 hours 200 flights	Location Fan Gyhirych, Brecon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inflated glider but had a brake line caught. He tried to deflate glider but was lifted off the hill. Glider turned and pilot crashed downwind on top of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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