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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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There are 2555 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 10.04.2022 (E22583)	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 3 hours	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged descent and collided with a fence post on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2022 (E22558)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Bell Hill, Blandford Forum, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8	Summary Pilot was approaching to land in gusty and windy conditions when his glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. The pilot was unable to recover before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 09.04.2022 (E22827)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary During check pilot noticed that the lines holding the pod closed and the emergency parachute in place had frayed. They had frayed to the extent that they would no longer pass through the ceramic loops with ease. A break to the line could render the parachute unusable. The harness had 7 flight hours.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.04.2022 (E22506)	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 13 hours (2 hours) 25 flights (3 flights)	Location Babadag 1200m, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered accidental parachute deployment on launch. Handle was not checked prior to launch. Parachute has been repacked and checked and found to be satisfactory.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2022 (E22254)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 40 hours (20 hours) 25 flights (15 flights)	Location Rush Up, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot whilst completing a 360 exited and re-entered a thermal. Upon re-entering the left wing tip lost pressure and a spin was induced, contributing factor was likely too much brake applied during the turn. Wing re-inflated, dived and the pilot regained control and slope landed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2022 (E22266)	Pilot Unknown	Location Whitewool, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Five pilots were blown back over over a road to land in a field behind the site. the most extreme was over 300m back from the site. Pilots had been seen to not be penetrating wery much 30 mins earlier. There was a mix of wings flying from red-ribbon to EN D pilots.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2022 (E22210)	Pilot Age: 49 Flying Experience: 12 years 150 hours (1 hour) (3 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary While ground handling pilot noticed that a speed bar line was looped through the emergency parachute deployment handle. This was recite prior to flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.03.2022 (E22318)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 200 hours (2 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights)	Location Darley Moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot made low turn into finals resulting in a low spin and got foot caught in soft ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 21.03.2022 (E22290)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 200 hours (5 hours) 400 flights (12 flights)	Location Hole of Horcum, North Yorkshire Moors, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot caught foot on uneven ground while collapsing wing fracturing ankle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.03.2022 (E22078)	Pilot Female Age: 60 Rating: AP	Location Eype, West Bay, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeolite Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting to beach land in strong conditions due to increasing winds. Pilot was applying heavy brakes in order to descend but stalled one wing leading to a spin and a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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