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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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• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
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Incident reports for paraglider wings are displayed below in summary form.

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If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 2555 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 04.09.2012 (E677)	Pilot Male Age: 40	Location Bell Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student put foot down hole obscured by long grass on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 18.08.2012 (E682)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student made good landing approach but encountered lift in landing field causing student to overshoot and hit parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.08.2012 (E666)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Flying Experience: 20 years 11 hours 50 flights	Location The Terrace, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Syntax Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student took off for cliff soaring flight but became pinned by stronger than anticipated winds. Student was blown back into rotor and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.08.2012 (E676)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years 800 hours	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary After using the speed bar in flight the pilot noticed that it had not released fully on one side. Pilot was eventually able to sort out in flight. Discovered that excess line had become snagged inside pod.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.08.2012 (E675)	Pilot Male Age: 62	Location Folly Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student inflated the glider well but did not make a committed run. Student lifted legs too early and wing dived causing student to catch foot on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 10.08.2012 (E669)	Pilot Female Age: 21	Location Bryn Caws, Neath, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student encountered bubble of lift on final approach. Student was instructed to turn left but instead turned right, into a fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 06.08.2012 (E673)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 120 hours	Location Woolacombe, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was struggling to control glider is strong gusty conditions. He decided to collapse the glider but was pulled over onto his shoulder	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 05.08.2012 (E668)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 22 years 800 hours	Location Stanage, Derbyshire Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by light rain while attempting to land. At 10m the glider entered a parachutal stall and then full stalled and 3m. Pilot landed heavily on bracken covered slope.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.08.2012 (E683)	Pilot Male Age: 51	Location Longstone Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student entered thermal and gained height into stronger winds. Student was blown back over ridge and hit a fence before being pulled over the edge of a quarry.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 25.07.2012 (E661)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 150 hours	Location Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to turn in thermal but was too low. Braked hard and wing collapsed. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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