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Once passed for publication, all new incident reports submitted via the FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system will be made available on this page.

In the meantime all the 2025/6 reports submitted via the Euro system, and passed for publication before it was shut down, can be found below. Reports submitted via the earlier BHPA online reporting system can also be found below.

This page will slowly include the remaining incident report submitted via the old Euro system.

Unfortunately, whilst all of these reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field which determines if a report can appear on our website.

As a result around 1,400 old Euro reports have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can be included here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

All incident reports submitted via the old Euro system, and approved for publication, are however available on our Incident Reports Archive page

Summaries of published incident reports are available for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

You can also search the BHPA incident reports database by incident date, pilot, location, wing type, etc. For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, select paraglider from the drop down list, and enter Hay Bluff in the search box with the "or" option selected.

To search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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If known, total flights flown and flights flown in the past six months are displayed below, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 1757 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 10.05.2015 (F11021)	Pilot male Age: 39 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 19 years (4 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven Cliffs, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: unknown, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Rigid hang glider Wing: Flight Design ghostbuster Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot misjudged his approach due to concerns about the number of paragliders in the area. Pilot eventually made crosswind approach but with more downwind component than expected. Pilot attempted to run off speed but basebar struck the ground and the glider flipped over.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 06.04.2015 (F11003)	Pilot male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot entered spiral and collided with the hill.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 06.04.2015 (F11013)	Pilot male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1900 flights (31 flights)	Location Monks Down, Berwick St John, Nr Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Tala Launch Type: foot	Summary On approach to a top landing the pilot encountered severe turbulence at low level. the glider suffered a massive asymmetric collapse and then stalled. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, lumbar spine
Date 15.03.2015 (F11011)	Pilot male	Location BFR, Reading	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Neoprene cover had not been replaced on the maillon connector. This could have become rotated and the load not on the major axis.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.03.2015 (F11010)	Pilot male	Location BFR, Reading, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Parachute failed to deploy as excessive suspension line not stowed correctly and became tangled. Rectified and worked correctly on second run.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.03.2015 (F11012)	Pilot male	Location BFR, Reading, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Inspection showed webbing to webbing connection harness to reserve.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.03.2015 (F10993)	Pilot male Age: 42 150 flights (5 flights)	Location High & Over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Parakite/Speedflyer/Miniwing (foot-launched) Wing: ASKA 17 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student stepped heavily onto uneven ground while ground handling. Rolled up trousers against flying boots lead to leg fracture.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 22.02.2015 (F10990)	Pilot male Age: 17 Rating: Unqualified	Location Waldingfield Airfield, Sudbury, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Untrained and unqualified pilot was attempting to paraglide by being towed behind a car. He was using a fixed line with no release mechanism or weak link.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), internal injuries, hands, arms, shoulder, feet, legs, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, cervical spine
Date 02.02.2015 (F10994)	Pilot male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Ronda la Vieja, Ronda, ES Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot failed to control glider on landing and was dragged.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 28.01.2015 (F10977)	Pilot male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 2 flights (1 flight)	Location Mirador, Orzola, Lanzarote, ES Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider on landing approach.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder

Last updated: 24 August 2026

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