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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 09.05.2015 (E2940)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years	Location Highlands, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary After flying with Big Ears and speed bar for several minutes the pilot discovered that on attempting to release the big ears, the upper cascade outer lines had knotted up. The pilot could not release the knots but landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.05.2015 (E1879)	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 777 hours (7 hours) 2810 flights (20 flights)	Location Strete, Strete, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got to end of beat on a wooded, coastal cliff and, knowing there was a glider behind him, shouted "turn", expecting the other pilot to react. Pilot found himself on a head-on course and so turned tightly causing the glider to spin. Pilot landed in trees	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.04.2015 (E1845)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 524 hours (60 hours) 1291 flights (101 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Combe, Hampshire (near Newbury), UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot dropped out of thermal while low over trees. Turned away but stabile line caught branch and turned pilot into another tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.04.2015 (E1831)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Bo Peep, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot loses control of his glider at low level and impacts heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.04.2015 (E1830)	Pilot Female Flying Experience: 12 years	Location Latrigg, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student over flew landing area and on approach flew into a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.04.2015 (E1883)	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 75 hours 159 flights	Location Mam Tor, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During a pre-flight check, pilot noticed that harness buckle had failed. The spring return on one of the locking clips on the buckle failed, preventing the buckle from fully closing and locking.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.04.2015 (E1804)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 178 hours (30 hours) 420 flights (40 flights)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint EVO Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by strengthening wind and was unable to penetrate. Just before touching down, a gust lifted the pilot and dropped him in a bush.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.04.2015 (E1805)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 120 hours (2 hours) 200 flights (6 flights)	Location Rybury, Thames Valley, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot tried to 360 in front of the hill and pulled on excessive inside brake to avoid the hill. The inside wing stalled and the glider entered a spin. The glider recovered after a 180 degree turn in the direction of the hill. The pilot was fortunate in that he glanced rather than impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2015 (E1787)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 7 hours (3 hours) 38 flights (10 flights)	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Immediately after take-off, when Pilot's full weight came on harness straps, one of the buckles burst open. on inspection it had jammed, giving the impression it was properly connected.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2015 (E1782)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 45 hours (6 hours) 120 flights (12 flights)	Location Tinto South, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 2 light Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inflated glider with cravat but was unable to prevent take off. Pilot headed away from hill and others but was unable to remove cravat. Pilot was able to bottom land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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