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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 28.12.2014 (E1645)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 2500 hours (100 hours)	Location St Catherines, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra M6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot fell over on take off, on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 22.12.2014 (E1641)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 37 years 870 hours	Location N/a, Herne Bay, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During repack and annual inspection (with a licenced packer) it was noted that the rubber bands used last year had degraded, broken and stuck to some of the lines on the reserve canopy causing staining in some areas. The licenced packer stated he had never seen this kind of deterioration before.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.12.2014 (E1637)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Flying Experience: 1 hour (1 hour) 25 flights (15 flights)	Location Gribbles, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was slope landing, landed awkwardly, twisted lower leg, on grassy terrain. He mention that he might have turned into the hill too much at last moment.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 15.12.2014 (E1642)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 22 hours (12 hours) 78 flights (18 flights)	Location Taucho, Tenerife, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot sunk out and had no option but to land on dirt track. Pilot overshot track and landed in storm gully, impacting the side wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 03.12.2014 (E1635)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 130 hours (27 hours) 200 flights (40 flights)	Location Lords Seat, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was distracted from approach plan by others shouting. Eventually realised they were shouting about a spot landing competition. The pilot made a tighter than anticipated low turn in an attempt to hit the spot and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.11.2014 (E1620)	Pilot Female Age: 37 Flying Experience: 1 hour (1 hour) 20 flights (10 flights)	Location Muggery, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student twisted knee on landing aggravating an old injury. Student did not flare fully.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 07.11.2014 (E1591)	Pilot Male Age: 50 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Legzira bowl, Sidi ifni, Morocco Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Having carried out a perfect flight, the student made non-briefed, low turn on final approach in order to land "closer to the spot". Student crashed into parked car.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 29.10.2014 (E1575)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Flying Experience: 120 hours	Location Bir/ Billing Himachal Pradesh, Palampur, India Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot chose an adequate landing field but failed to see power lines on the upwind edge, turned sharply to avoid flying into the power lines and landed heavily on a turn without performing a PLF.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 16.10.2014 (E1555)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Flying Experience: 13 years 2 hours (2 hours) 10 flights (8 flights)	Location El Bosque, El Bosque, Andalusia, Spain, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student collided with a tree shortly after take off.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 16.10.2014 (E1650)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years	Location Poniente - Algodonales, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision while attempting to turn in a thermal, close to the ridge. Both pilots deployed parachutes and landed unhurt. Video evidence shows both pilots had ample time to take avoiding action.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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