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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:

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).

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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 1737 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date

Pilot

Location

Wing Type

Summary

Injury
Incident Reports
Date
09.09.2001

(B3338)
Pilot
Male

Age:
44
Location
Scottish Aerotow Centre, Thornhill.,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Edel
Apollo

Launch Type:
Winch Tow

Summary
Following a tow release at 400ft the pilot initiated a 360 degree turn. Before completing the turn he realised that he was very low, and so tried to tighten the turn. The canopy left wingtip then stalled and the canopy spun into the ground.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr (r) tibia
Date
05.09.2001

(B3337)
Pilot
Male

Age:
30
Location
Ditchling Bottom,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Edel
Atlas

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Student applied too much control following launch, eased up after being instructed to do so, as he eased up the canopy pitched forward and the student impacted the slope.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr ankle.
Date
04.09.2001

(B3335)
Pilot
Male

Age:
28

Rating:
CP
Location
Baba Dag,
Turkey

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
FreeX
Pure

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
During spiral dive at siv course, the D ring of the harness broke causing the pilot to weight shift into the dive exacerbating the manouevre. The pilot applied outside brake and recovered the situation.
Injury
Unknown
Date
04.09.2001

(B3336)
Pilot
Male

Age:
23
Location
Seeg,
Germany

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Firebird
Matrix

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Whilst practicing ground handling the student was dragged across a nearby canopy. The hooks in the students boots snagged on the lines of this canopy causing damage to the lines.
Injury
Unknown
Date
03.09.2001

(B3334)
Pilot
Male

Age:
18
Location
Seeg,
Germany

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Firebird
Matrix

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
During a top to bottom flight the student encountered sinking air whilst performing a left turn. With insufficient height to correct this the student was instructed via radio to flare. He landed fast and did a judo roll.
Injury
Pilot:
Bruised right shoulder and back.
Date
02.09.2001

(B3332)
Pilot
Male
Location
Moel Wnion,
UK

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Edel
Sabre

Summary
Pilot seen to be performing wing-overs too close to the hill, resulting in an impact.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr clavicle, ribs, collar bone.
Date
02.09.2001

(B3333)
Pilot
Unknown
Location
Moel Wnion

Wing Type
Paraglider

Summary
No details.
Injury
Pilot:
Unknown, but justified helicopter evacuation to bangor hospital.
Date
01.09.2001

(B3330)
Pilot
Male

Age:
66

Rating:
P
Location
Batcombe,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Airwave
Harmony

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot launched into light wind and flew over a densley wooded part of the hill. In his attempt to remain in the lift band he inadvertently flew into a tree, his canopy getting caught in the branches.
Injury
Unknown
Date
01.09.2001

(B3331)
Pilot
Male

Age:
59

Rating:
CP
Location
Oxboro Set-Aside,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Powered HG

Wing:
Airwave
Doodle-Bug/Magic Iii

Launch Type:
Powered

Engine:
radne,
racket 120

Summary
No details available
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
27.08.2001

(B3327)
Pilot
Unknown
Location
Studland Peninsula, Dorset.,
UK

Wing Type
Powered PG

Launch Type:
Powered

Summary
PPG spotted flying too low over built up area.
Injury
Unknown

Last updated: 17 August 2026

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