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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 26.05.2013 (E757)	Pilot Male	Location Long Mynd, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed S Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot came in for top landing still in prone and on the base bar. Immediately prior to landing the hang glider wing struck the rear of a paraglider pilot who was packing his wing in the landing area. The hang glider crashed and the nose of the glider struck the pilot on the back of his neck.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine

Date 22.05.2013 (E758)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 150 hours 400 flights	Location Hayle Towans, Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Little Cloud Spiruline 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was "too lazy" to walk up and so decided to top land. Was caught out by rotor and glider sustained a full frontal collapse. Pilot impacted hard from 10m.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Date 20.05.2013 (E750)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 15 hours (1 flight)	Location Planfait, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off in thermic and turbulent conditions. Glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and the pilot did not counter the dive. Glider suffered second asymmetric collapse and again pilot did not counter the dive. Pilot crashed heavily into trees.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Feet, Legs

Date 19.05.2013 (E764)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years 5000 hours	Location Lords Seat, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While thermalling Pilot was caught out by rotor from rounded knoll some 150m in front. Glider stalled in rotor and fell vertically from 15m. Pilot landed heavily	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis

Date 19.05.2013 (E762)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 50 hours 76 flights	Location Model Ridge, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Oasis Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot became too close to the hill while scratching in weak lift. Pilot caught foot on rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 19.05.2013 (E761)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 12 hours	Location Montmin, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot initiated ramp launch but was holding weight on uprights. Glider stalled off the end of the ramp struck a tree before spinning into smaller trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 19.05.2013 (E753)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Model Ridge, North Yorkshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Oasis Launch Type: Foot	Summary Incident not witnessed. Pilot called for help having turned into the hill approx 20m from the top of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 18.05.2013 (E754)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 30 years	Location Bell Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: AIR Atos VR Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot approached for top landing but had not gone far enough back. Elected to do big flare rather than overshoot resulting in glider climbing to 5m then diving into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 17.05.2013 (E767)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years 50 hours 250 flights	Location Mercury, Wetherdown, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to land in strong wind in an area known to be turbulent when the wind was strong. Glider stalled at approx 3-5m and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 17.05.2013 (E751)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Mercury, Meon Valley, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land due to increase in wind strength and shift in wind direction. Pilot caught out by rotor causing wing to slew sideways on approach. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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