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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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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 06.06.2010 (B4448)	Pilot Female Age: 68 Rating: AP	Location Stol, Slovenia Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zoom Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot got too low in competition and could not make landing field. Landed in tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.05.2010 (B4446)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: AP	Location Meggett Reservoir, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang GTO Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered low level asymmetric collapse while attempting to enter a thermal. Was also in leeside rotor at the time.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.05.2010 (B4447)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P	Location Ben Toaig, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric and the symmetric collapse due to high level (6000ft) turbulence. On violent recovery from symmetric collapse 4 upper A lines snapped. Pilot landed safely. Lines possibly weakened by previous incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.05.2010 (B4445)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Pleinmont, Guernsey Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Antea Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off in poor condition with wind off slope. Suffered frontal collapse and landed heavily on rocks.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot and ankle.
Date 23.05.2010 (B4442)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Gt fransham, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Vega Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and hit top of tree. Glider overflew and pulled pilot 20ft to ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae, broken ribs
Date 23.05.2010 (B4443)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Gyrn Moelfre, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew too far back on approach to top land and was caught in rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae
Date 18.05.2010 (B4441)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Bridlington, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to turn into wind fully and also to brake fully when landing. Landed heavily on harness.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 17.05.2010 (B4440)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P	Location Swinside, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach while attempting to land beside car. Caught harness on barb wire fence and fell back into riverbed.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis
Date 06.05.2010 (B4437)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Under training	Location Church Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into bush on approach to landing.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 05.05.2010 (B4436)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Atis 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted reverse launch in strong wind but did not notice knot in lines. Pilot was dragged into fence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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