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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 25.03.2019 (E9763)	Pilot Female Age: 30 Rating: AP	Location Beddingham, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On approach to top landing the pilot attempted to arm Quick Out karabiners at approx 2m above the ground. On arming the right hand Quick Out it released immediately without the release pins having been pushed. Pilot and passenger fell heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs Passenger: Minor Injuries Feet, Legs
Date 25.03.2019 (E9769)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 6 hours	Location King Tor, Dartmoor, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Epic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit heavy sink while ridge soaring and was unable to turn away from the ridge before landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.03.2019 (E9778)	Pilot Male Age: 51	Location Mam Tor NW, Edale, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got blown back over spine-back ridge in increasingly windy conditions. Pilot crashed on the lee side.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries
Date 25.03.2019 (E10282)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Flying Experience: 10 years 130 hours (15 hours) 205 flights (20 flights)	Location Mam Tor, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst soaring in changeable conditions the pilot got leeside of the hill and the glider dropped rapidly. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 24.03.2019 (E9709)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 26 hours (26 hours) 76 flights (76 flights)	Location Firle, UK, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot with ridge on his right had mid-air collision with low airtime pilot. The low airtime pilot appeared to take no avoiding action despite having eye contact resulting in wing tips colliding. Pilot with ridge on right landed heavily but was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2019 (E9733)	Pilot Female Age: 24	Location Gribbles, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student fell over during an aborted launch. Student was able to continue training.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2019 (E9772)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 45 hours (13 hours) 90 flights (22 flights)	Location Westbury, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While thermalling at low level pilot had a mid-air collision with another paraglider who was ridge soaring. Pilots took avoiding action at the last moment resulting in wing tips brushing against each other. Pilots continued flying.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2019 (E9934)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 160 hours (5 hours) 300 flights (4 flights)	Location N/a, N/a, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota	Summary During a kit inspection as part of guided XC week pilot discovered his parachute had been incorrectly mounted by a service centre. The parachute was impossible to deploy as the bridle had been routed down the right side of the harness and the deployment handle on the left.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2019 (E9997)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 500 hours (10 hours) 1500 flights (10 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off but due to thermic activity masking the true wind direction he did not realise the wind was off the slope. Shortly after take-off the pilot sustained an asymmetric collapse that turned him into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 21.03.2019 (E9700)	Pilot Male Age: 22 Flying Experience: 7 years 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Bedlinog, South wales valleys, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whist ground handling a student inflated his glider but tried to turn too early resulting in a collapse. During the collapse the risers brushed passed the students helmet inadvertently unfastening the new type buckle. Concurrently a line caught the helmets goggle strap (rear of helmet) and pulled the helmet from the students head.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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