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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 08.06.2020 (E14134)	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (1 hour) 19 flights (2 flights)	Location Butser North, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Vivo Air Design Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot flew out of the lift band, found himself losing height and elected to perform a slope landing. He landed heavily and fell over, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.06.2020 (E14185)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 21 years 60 hours	Location Herne Bay, Canterbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot attempted a slope landing in wind that had changed after takeoff to be across the slope. The pilot landed hard on rough terrain.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 07.06.2020 (E14263)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years	Location Westbury, Wiltshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched with his helmet chinstrap unfastened. The helmet fell off but was prevented from falling by a power cable to a helmet mounted camera.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.06.2020 (E14008)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 39 years 1400 hours (5 hours) 3000 flights (21 flights)	Location Pendle Hill, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a large asymmetric collapse in thermic conditions and lost control of his wing, leading to an impact with the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Cervical Spine
Date 02.06.2020 (E14017)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 30 hours (6 hours) 76 flights (13 flights)	Location Bratton Camp, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged his landing approach. In an attempt to avoid overshooting he reduced his airspeed and undertook low S turns, leading to a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.06.2020 (E14032)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 250 hours (10 hours) 200 flights (7 flights)	Location Leckhampton, Cheltenham, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was seen to attempt a top landing in gusty thermic conditions. The wing was seen to suffer asymmetric collapses at low level that led to the pilot impacting the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 01.06.2020 (E14026)	Pilot Male	Location Blaenavon, Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary A launch assistant inadvertently deployed the emergency parachute during a tandem launch. The launch was aborted with the aid of a bystander who helped to secure the wing and emergency parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 28.05.2020 (E14155)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 150 hours (14 hours) 177 flights (15 flights)	Location Ground handling Field, Ammanford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ground handling his paraglider when some lines became snagged and damaged, having been caught around the ski goggle clip on the rear of his Sup Air "Pilot" helmet. Upon inspection he found that the screw casing for the clip (set into the moulded helmet shell) was protruding beyond the shell of the helmet. This caused the snag and damage to the lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.05.2020 (E13888)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P	Location High and Over, Seaford, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary The wind direction changed during top landing approach. The pilot impacted hard and collided with a fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 27.05.2020 (E13894)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, Peak district, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Arktik Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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