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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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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 22.06.2022 (E23998)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Atmus 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to control pitch while in a thermal and the glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. Pilot deployed emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.06.2022 (E24174)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 29 years 2415 hours (57 hours) 3887 flights (106 flights)	Location Clough Head, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hadn't noticed the wind had shifted and ended up leeside on a large cliff face. Pilot landed heavily in sink attempting to slope land. Pilot slid down into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 18.06.2022 (E23905)	Pilot Male Age: 21 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 55 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (150 flights)	Location North eastaly slope, Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Kibo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was lifted off the ground while ground handling. Pilot attempted to bottom land in switching winds and hit the ground while in mid turn, trying to land into wind.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 18.06.2022 (E24226)	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 500 hours 575 flights (75 flights)	Location Col de la Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with a knot in the right side A, C and brake lines. Pilot could not release the knot so flew down to the landing field making only careful left turns. The knot came out on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.06.2022 (E23903)	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 110 hours (30 hours) 70 flights (60 flights)	Location Kobala, Tolmin, Slovenia	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base2lite Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst performing a spiral dive into a bottom landing field, the pilot noticed first stages of a blackout. The pilot was able to exit the spiral dive before total loss of vision and recovered and landed safely. Contributing factors were dehydration and tiredness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.06.2022 (E23887)	Pilot Male	Location Parlick, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Non-BHPA pilot crash landed while attempting to top land.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.06.2022 (E24050)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 30 hours (20 hours) 90 flights (60 flights)	Location Chamonix, Chamonix, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height on approach to landing. On final turn into wind the pilot was too low. Overcompensation caused pendulum and pilot impacted boulder on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.06.2022 (E24531)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 2620 hours (100 hours) 2544 flights (52 flights)	Location Kobala, Tolmin, Slovenia Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong, Very Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse and cascade in turbulent air. Parachute deployed but caught in glider. Pilot crash landed through trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.06.2022 (E24222)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 2 hours (1 hour) 30 flights (4 flights)	Location Woolacombe, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned in a thermal while ridge soaring. Pilot came out the thermal into sinking air and did not have room to complete the 360. In tightening the turn the pilot spun the glider and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 03.06.2022 (E23695)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 12 hours (1 hour) 128 flights (2 flights)	Location Whitewool, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed heavily from 2m when top landing, having flown behind ground handling pilots.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Cervical Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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