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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).

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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 1834 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 24.02.2001 (B3255)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Mystic, Bright, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot did not fasten harness leg straps prior to launch. Held in harness by armpits, could not control the direction of the canopy accurately, this resulted in the pilot landing in a different field from the planned one.	Injury Pilot: Bruised median nerves. reduced use of left arm for one week.
Date 22.02.2001 (B3254)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Jama, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Santana 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Newly qualified pilot performed 360 degree turn with insufficient height, impacted the ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractures of both ankles.
Date 20.02.2001 (B3253)	Pilot Male Age: 61	Location Wold 2, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During launch the canopy started to drift to the right, the student failed to correct this and was soon airborne heading for a fence. The student failed to correct his flight path and impacted the fence.	Injury Pilot: Cut finger
Date 19.02.2001 (B3252)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Cwmparc, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Prelude Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into strong gusty conditions and was unable to penetrate forward. At about 30ft up the canopy suffered an asymetric tuck to the right causing a turn into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Three fractured vertebrae: which ones not specified. sprained left ankle.
Date 18.02.2001 (B3250)	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Hope Brink, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Offchute Mirage Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overcontrolled following launch causing the glider to turn sharply, student impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fractured and dislocated tibia and fibula above the ankle.
Date 18.02.2001 (B3251)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Jama, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Inexperienced pilot soaring unfamiliar cliff site. After performing several 180 degree turns the pilot lost height and finding himself too close to the cliff face was unable to turn away before impact.	Injury Pilot: Fractured and compressed vertebra 12t. (stable)
Date 17.02.2001 (B3249)	Pilot Male Age: 28	Location Not Given Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped whilst launching, continnued to run but then fell over.	Injury Pilot: Fractured clavicle.
Date 16.02.2001 (B3247)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Sierra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot attempted reverse launch. Appeared to have incorrectly set up equipmment possibly had the controls in the wrong hands. Following inflation the pilot lost control of the canopy and pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Suspected bruised or compressed spine.
Date 16.02.2001 (B3248)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Alfamar (Malaga), Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured femur, ribs, punctured lung.
Date 14.02.2001 (B3246)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Allegra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attemting to use thermal lift whilst very close to the hill in very weak conditions. Canopy suffered a left tuck, the pilot attempted to pump the left control but the canopy spun into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle. complicated by discovery of a fracture related to a previous injury.

Last updated: 20 September 2026

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