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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
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• 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 06.08.2004 (B3843)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: Novice	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped on take off and fell heavily on arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 04.08.2004 (B3840)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Mynydd Meio, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse from turbulence from another glider. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor bruising and scrapes
Date 03.08.2004 (B3839)	Pilot Male Age: 77 Rating: P	Location Ringstead, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew into hill having failed to notice that the wind had shifted to a direction too far off the hill to provide much lift.	Injury Pilot: Fr spine
Date 02.08.2004 (B3838)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Low airtime pilot caught out by windy conditions pulled big ears having already applied full speed bar! Resulted in full frontal collapse and subsequant cascade sequence until impact.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs
Date 01.08.2004 (B3837)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location High & Over, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed heavily having lost height on approach to landing.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee
Date 31.07.2004 (B3834)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Space Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped having completed flight successfully.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 31.07.2004 (B3836)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Samba Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student collided with another paraglider (both flew on without incident) whilst ridge soaring. Poor airmanship!.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.07.2004 (B3832)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Telegraph Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse as a result of rotor caused by windy conditions.	Injury Pilot: Ligament and tissue damage to neck and back
Date 13.07.2004 (B3829)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Worcester Beacon, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered stall then failed to make immediate recovery. Eventually recovered.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.07.2004 (B3828)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered large asymmetric while flying in strong turbulent conditions. The ensuing dive led to a spiral that the pilot could not recover. He deployed his emergency chute and landed safely but was then dragged for 300m. .	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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