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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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• Paraglider
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• Other

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 24.08.2014 (E1431)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 20 hours (22 hours) 46 flights (41 flights)	Location Marcle Hill, Herefordshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered unexpected lift while heading for bottom landing. Pilot attempted 360 degree turn to avoid area of known rotor but impacted hill before completing the turn. Pilot impacted 'feet up' on his airbag.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 23.08.2014 (E1417)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 35 years 450 hours (10 hours) 900 flights (20 flights)	Location Liddington, Swindon, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to 360 in a small thermal having just taken off. pilot misjudged distance to hill and collided with hillside at speed before completing the turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 23.08.2014 (E1424)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 250 hours (25 hours) 200 flights (13 flights)	Location Westbury, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aircross UCross Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of his glider immediately after launch in shifting, thermic conditions. Glider turned into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 20.08.2014 (E1413)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP, SAEI Flying Experience: 29 years 2000 hours (100 hours) 2000 flights (200 flights)	Location Firle, Near Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Having had short and uneventful tandem flight the passenger walked back to the top of the hill and complained of feeling feint. Was subsequently found to be fine after hospital visit.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 20.08.2014 (E1459)	Pilot Female Age: 43	Location Darley Moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was ground handling with paraglider. Student inflated glider but it came up off-centre. Student moved under glider but stumbled and fell over, knocking her head.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 19.08.2014 (E1412)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 130 hours (23 hours) 250 flights (40 flights)	Location Perranporth, Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Rain, Snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Eagle 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Shortly after launching the pilot was caught out by a heavy rain shower. It passed quickly but the pilot was aware the glider was wet and so was cautious with the controls. After about 15 mins the glider entered a parachutal stall. Pilot tried to turn as he was over the sea and the glider entered a spin. Pilot crashed into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.08.2014 (E1406)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 hours (4 hours)	Location Atherfield, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Zulu Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was dragged over rough ground having landed in strong winds in an area suffering from venturi effect.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 15.08.2014 (E1419)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 21 years 130 hours (25 hours) 400 flights (50 flights)	Location Telegraph Hill, Batcombe, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Twin Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height on approach and was too low to clear barbed wire fence. Pilot put out legs to absorb impact and protect passenger. Pilot sustained leg injuries but passenger was unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs Passenger: Unhurt
Date 09.08.2014 (E1446)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 70 hours (30 hours)	Location Dungavel, Biggar, scotland, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot received glider back from service centre to find an upper line had not been connected to its main line. Service centre rectified the fault.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2014 (E1399)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 50 hours (10 hours) 50 flights (29 flights)	Location Bradwell, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Envy Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to reverse launch glider but did not see another pilot on approach to slope landing. The launching glider made contact with the harness and body of the airborne pilot but they were able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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