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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.

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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 09.07.2014 (E1253)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 110 hours (30 hours) 200 flights (65 flights)	Location Sopot, Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Phoenix Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider at 5-10m while attempting to land with excessive brake applied. Landed heavily on feet and back.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 08.07.2014 (E1259)	Pilot Male Rating: EPC Flying Experience: 4 hours (4 hours) 26 flights (26 flights)	Location Wetton Hill, Wetton Village, Staffordshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was practising slope landings. This task had already been practised on previous training days. On landing the student flared slightly unevenly causing a slight oscillation. The student put out his hand to steady his landing causing the injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 06.07.2014 (E1241)	Pilot Male Age: 15 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 25 hours (18 hours) 35 flights (26 flights)	Location Bradwell, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was lifted by a gust while attempting to launch his paraglider. He was dragged back and crashed into a woman who was waiting for a tender flight. Both pilot and woman were dragged into a wall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.07.2014 (E1276)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 350 hours (31 hours) 1000 flights (84 flights)	Location Chabre, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Eden 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got low during comp and decided to make safe landing option. The chosen field turned out to be steeper than anticipated and in the lee of some trees. While attempting a slope landing the pilot dropped from approx. 1m and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 01.07.2014 (E1339)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 350 hours (10 hours) 500 flights (12 flights)	Location Chabre, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider having assumed he would follow an expected course.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.06.2014 (E1223)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 24 years 1000 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Mam Tor East Face, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While ridge soaring in the same direction but with only 5m vertical separation, two paragliders narrowly avoided a mid air collision.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.06.2014 (E1207)	Pilot Male	Location Pinnacle Hill, also known as Kettle Sings, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with a full twist in his risers. As he became airborne his foot caught in the lines of another glider laid out on the slope. While still out of control and approx 2m above the ground, the line came away from the fabric of the other glider and realised the pilot's foot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.06.2014 (E1201)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 700 hours (35 hours) 1451 flights (55 flights)	Location South of Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta 2 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Glider stalled from approx 1.5m while pilot was being tow launched. Pilot notice glider was offline and applied some brake to bring the glider into line with the towline. It stalled though the pilot suspects it may already have begun to stall before he made the brake input.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 24.06.2014 (E1215)	Pilot Female Age: 36 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 800 hours (150 hours) 1000 flights (150 flights)	Location Plan Fait, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Safari Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem pilot landed downwind as wind switched while on landing approach. Glider suffered 75% asymmetric collapse at approx 5m due to turbulence from switched wind direction.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 23.06.2014 (E1357)	Pilot Male Age: 57	Location Muggery, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot did not get legs down while attempting a slope landing. Leg became caught under harness on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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