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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:

• All Wing Types
• 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 16.02.2003 (B3590)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP	Location Nont Saras, East Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Soroco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Spinal fracture
Date 14.02.2003 (B3589)	Pilot Female Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Cuts on face
Date 09.02.2003 (B3587)	Pilot Female Age: 27 Rating: Novice	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Suspected twisted ankle
Date 09.02.2003 (B3588)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Benbradagh, Dungiven, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird N-Joy Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Deep cut over right kneecap, bruising to right and left lower legs
Date 05.02.2003 (B3586)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bibeta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken fibia & tibia left leg.
Date 21.01.2003 (B3584)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Haresfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: GRADIENT Saphir 2000 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 07.01.2003 (B3579)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Jama, Spain	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Simba Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 05.01.2003 (B3578)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: AP	Location Monks Down, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs
Date 04.01.2003 (B3577)	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Rodneys Pillar, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Moon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Lower back injury and knee
Date 25.11.2002 (B3576)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy collapsed while student was making top landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, possible suspected compressin of spine.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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