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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:

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• Paraglider
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• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
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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 1757 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 23.09.2014 (F10939)	Pilot male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years (5 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pro Design accura Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot mistimed approach to top landing and made final turn too late. Pilot landed with sideways momentum and caught foot.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 14.09.2014 (F10934)	Pilot male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 20 flights (2 flights)	Location ogwen valley, North Wales, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Parakite/Speedflyer/Miniwing (foot-launched) Wing: Ozone Firefly Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot attempted to reverse launch without first clearing his control lines. Pilot was lifted up out of control and with twisted risers. Glider turned along ridge and dumped pilot into rocks.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 11.09.2014 (F10935)	Pilot male Age: 50 Rating: EP Flying Experience: 12 years 47 flights (1 flight)	Location Darley Moor Airfield, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: unknown, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Student made successful flight from the winch but stumbled backwards on landing injuring his ankle.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 31.08.2014 (F10940)	Pilot female Age: 37 Rating: CP 27 flights (30 flights)	Location Bossington, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z4 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot noticed conditions were changing so elected to top land. Severe turbulence encountered on approach causing large asymmetric collapse. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, feet, legs, lumbar spine
Date 24.08.2014 (F10925)	Pilot male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 46 flights (22 flights)	Location Marcle Hill, Herefordshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), 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 (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 15.08.2014 (F10922)	Pilot male Age: 33 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 21 years 400 flights (25 flights)	Location Telegraph Hill, Batcombe, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), 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 (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs Passenger: unhurt
Date 31.07.2014 (F10915)	Pilot female Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years	Location Marlens, Marlens, FR Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse at low level, possibly due to the glider pitching. The glider rotated and the pilot deployed her parachute but was too low for it to open. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 30.07.2014 (F10900)	Pilot male Age: 60 Rating: P (1 flight)	Location Rhossili, Swansea, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Nevada Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot stumbled during reverse launch having been pulled towards the glider.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 29.07.2014 (F10898)	Pilot male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years	Location Bell Hill, Blandford, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Raven Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and then stalled glider. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), head injuries, pelvis, hands, arms, shoulder, feet, legs
Date 29.07.2014 (F10897)	Pilot male Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years (34 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis 3 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot took off in increasingly gusty and thermic conditions with the prevailing wind at times in excess of 45 degrees off the hill. Shortly after take off the pilot experienced severe thermic turbulence at approx 20-30m. The glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and then further collapses causing the pilot to pendulum into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident), internal injuries

Last updated: 24 August 2026

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