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Incident Reports (EURO)

All incident reports submitted via the old Euro system, and approved for publication before it was shut down, can be found below.

Once passed for publication, all new incident reports submitted via the FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system, can be found on our FIDA Incident Reports page

Summaries of incident reports are available for the following wing types:

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

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There are 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 12.06.2014 (E1172)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Parlick - West Bowl, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Acro wing Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of his wing attempting to carry out acrobatic manoeuvres close to the hill and at low altitude. Failed SAT resulted in a cascade and the pilot crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 11.06.2014 (E1231)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 10 hours 20 flights	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pro Design Accura Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was seen to use excessive brake on approach to landing. This continued resulting in the pilot almost stalling and then spinning the glider and being swung into the ground with some force.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis

Date 10.06.2014 (E1210)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Pilot 31076 Flying Experience: 14 years 81 hours (10 hours) 126 flights (19 flights)	Location Bisanne, Bisanne, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Nevada Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst on a straight glide the pilot heard/felt a collapse and looked up to see legs dragging across the top of his canopy. They became tangled briefly until the other pilot pulled his leg away causing a rip to the leading edge fabric. The glider entered a cascade which was recovered when the pilot carried out a full stall. Both pilots carried on with their flights.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 08.06.2014 (E1123)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: AP-pg-hill Flying Experience: 867 hours	Location Crete Road West, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off at site that had temporary restriction due to an air display. Pilot landed and checked notams, realised error and packed up.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 08.06.2014 (E1199)	Pilot Unknown	Location Thame Park, Thame, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary On finishing towing for the day (Koch winch) the operator discovered that the hook at the bottom of one of the guillotine springs had snapped at the point it is formed from the body of the spring.	Injury Unknown

Date 07.06.2014 (E1185)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 44 years 2000 hours (100 hours) 2000 flights (50 flights)	Location Gemona, Italy, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Very Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Trango XC2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a frontal collapse that resulted in twisted risers while flying leeside in a competition. Pilot deployed parachute and landed safely on the mountain. He was led off the mountain by mountain rescue.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 07.06.2014 (E1121)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Hill Flying Experience: 27 years 750 hours (40 hours) 3000 flights (40 flights)	Location Gemona Italy, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary During competition task the pilot was forced to slope land on an inaccessible area on a mountain. Helicopter was called and pilot was safely extracted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 06.06.2014 (E1116)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Competition Flying Experience: 20 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 1500 flights (50 flights)	Location Gemona italy, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Icepeak 7 pro Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered 50% + asymmetric collapse at low level. Collapse resulted in uncontrolled spiral so pilot deployed his emergency parachute. Pilot landed in a tree uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 04.06.2014 (E1107)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Adanced Pilot Flying Experience: 28 years 350 hours (40 hours) 650 flights (30 flights)	Location Gemona italy, Gemona, Italy Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was scratching low over a village in a competition and ran out of landing options. Pilot landed heavily in a garden but was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 01.06.2014 (E1545)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 210 hours (2 hours) 350 flights (2 flights)	Location Worcestershire Beacon Malvern, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Vega II Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sink on approach to landing field but did not leave enough height. Glider hit an unused telephone cable that the pilot had not noticed as the poles were hidden by trees. Glider slid down over wires and pilot landed heavily on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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