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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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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 08.04.2002 (B3404)	Pilot Unknown	Location Himachal Pradesh, India	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot lost in Himilayas.	Injury Pilot: Missing, presumed fatally injured.
Date 05.04.2002 (B3403)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Pena Rubia, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Sapphire Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details BOI convened.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 04.04.2002 (B3402)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst performing a reverse launch the pilot became airborne during his turn - he flew the canopy forward. At 15ft the canopy suffered an asymmetric collapse and turned into the hillside, the pilot had insufficient time to correct this.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, dl right ankle.
Date 30.03.2002 (B3397)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location Mere, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Futura Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot discovered a 15 inch tear in the canopy whilst building a wall. He has no idea what caused this tear.	Injury Unknown
Date 30.03.2002 (B3398)	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Holme Next The Sea Sssi, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact 25 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Attempting to tow a paraglider behind a car the canopy locked out and the canopy was pulled into the beach severely injuring the pilot.	Injury Pilot: Fractures to: r knee, 3 or 4 lumbar vertebrae (compression) internal injuries.
Date 30.03.2002 (B3399)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Mynyad Meid, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following landing the pilot was dragged sideways into a ditch.	Injury Pilot: Broken right hand- 2 metacarpal bones
Date 29.03.2002 (B3396)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Woldham 2, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Prior to tow launch, as tension came full the line the tow release partially failed resulting in the left bridle coming off with the tow line attached to the right bridle only. The launched was aborted when the pilot had reached 10ft. Landed ok.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.03.2002 (B3393)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Bwlch Y Groes, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ADG Bi - Manta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following a tandem flight it was discovered that one of the maillons connecting the riser to the spreader bar was undone and had stretched out of shape by approx 5mm.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.03.2002 (B3392)	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Sunbeam Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student fell during forward launch dislocating his knee cap.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated knee cap
Date 17.03.2002 (B3390)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Alto Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Following launch the pilot to a steeper cliff area in search of stronger lift. The air in this area was quite turbulent. As the pilot turned the glider it caught by a gust and the pilot impacted the cliff with his ankle. He flew to the beach to land.	Injury Pilot: Fr/dl ankle

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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