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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
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

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 23.07.2010 (B4476)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Selsley, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered black out while on final approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Grazed face
Date 23.07.2010 (B4477)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Perran Sands, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed heavily while still in turn, having avoided another pilot who had lifted his wing into the air close to chosen landing spot.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 19.07.2010 (B4475)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Under training	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 15m agl. Glider dived on recovery and pilot hit the ground hard.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder and leg
Date 11.07.2010 (B4473)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off after having ground handled for some time. He discovered that the leg straps had slackened to the point he could not get into the harness without releasing the controls and forcing himself back into the seat.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.07.2010 (B4472)	Pilot Female Age: 22 Rating: Under training	Location Signal de Bisanne, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student made uncommitted run in light conditions and collided with a tree.	Injury Pilot: Bruising and grazes
Date 02.07.2010 (B4470)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered sink shortly after take-off and landed in a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.06.2010 (B4469)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Under training	Location Bennan, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student was briefed for soaring flight but lost lift and headed to bottom landing. Student landed crosswind with no plf.	Injury Pilot: Badly sprained ankle
Date 27.06.2010 (B4467)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Trango XC Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caused glider to spin while attempting to thermal on a demo wing. Pilot deliberately stalled, to avoid rotating into hill and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Sore shoulder
Date 27.06.2010 (B4468)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Eyam Edge, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra M3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent air on way to landing field. Recovered from a number of collapses but then could not reach chosen field. Forced to land in tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.06.2010 (B4464)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Under training	Location Charlton Clump, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to flare on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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