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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:

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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 30.05.2015 (E1925)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 60 hours (40 hours) 150 flights (70 flights)	Location Buttermere Moss, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 3	Summary Pilot miscalculated landing approach in changeable and gusty conditions. Pilot inadvertently stalled his glider trying to turn on realising his final approach would take him into a lake. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 30.05.2015 (E1959)	Pilot Male	Location Frocester, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off into sinking air, which put him on a collision course with a tree. In attempting to avoid the tree the pilot spun the glider which then landed in the tree. The pilot came to rest 1m above the ground.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.05.2015 (E1918)	Pilot Male	Location Haig, St. Bees, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Avax XC3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was seen to get low during a coastal competition task. The pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse and then further collapses. The pilot deployed his parachute but too late and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 29.05.2015 (E2037)	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 720 hours (63 hours) 1200 flights (78 flights)	Location Mount caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders ARGOS Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a collapse and spin while 'S' turning on approach to landing, having flown through some thermic turbulence. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.05.2015 (E1897)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 37 years 884 hours (14 hours)	Location Worcester Beacon West, Great Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While climbing out in gusty, turbulent conditions, pilot suffered an symmetric collapse and then cravat. The glider entered a rotation and twisted. The pilot was able to correct the twisting but not the cravat and high descent rate and so deployed his parachute. Pilot drifted over spine back ridge and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis
Date 21.05.2015 (E2277)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 4000 hours (40 hours) (65 flights)	Location Newgale, Haverfordwest, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem pilot suffered asymmetric, then frontal collapse on approach to top landing. Pilot landed on his back and the passenger landed on the pilot.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 17.05.2015 (E1874)	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 50 hours (13 hours) 200 flights (20 flights)	Location Widgery Cross, Lydford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While ridge soaring pilot encountered more than expected sink at edge of a passing thermal. Pilot was slightly too late turning away from the hill and came down much faster than expected. A final attempt to turn away and flare didn't slow the glider sufficiently. The result was a faster than anticipated side-wind landing on a large rock.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 17.05.2015 (E2154)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 21 years 500 hours (30 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Austria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 light Launch Type: Foot	Summary Moderate spiral . Within 1/2 turn became locked in . Unable to correct despite releasing inside brake and applying outside. Very rapid increase in g force , and no control. Reserve deployed.safe landing . No obvious equipment failure .	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2015 (E1878)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 170 hours (14 hours) 250 flights (12 flights)	Location Worcestershire Beacon, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Blacklight Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and immediately noticed a pronounced 'right turn' in the wing. Unable to rectify the problem and concerned about the stability of the wing, the pilot deployed his parachute. Having landed safely the pilot discovered a knot in the upper lines on the right side of the glider. He also noticed that both brake lines had become severely twisted, despite having anti-twist swivels fitted. He suspects this may have contributed to the incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.05.2015 (E1862)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 303 hours (20 hours) 1100 flights (60 flights)	Location Newhaven cliff, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Envy II Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit cliff top whilst soaring too low. Fall down cliff arrested by wing snagging on rocks.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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