Incident Reports | Formal Investigations | Report incident | Safety

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

or and

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

There are 1715 published incident report summaries for all wing types

Displaying page 20 out of 172

[ Top ] - [ Prev ] - [ Next ] - [ Bottom ]

Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 05.09.2013 (F10831)	Pilot male Age: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h	Wing Type Parakite/Speedflyer/Miniwing (foot-launched) Wing: Aska One Seven Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot applied too much control and initiated a sudden dive causing rapid loss of height and increase in speed. Pilot crashed into ridge at speed.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis
Date 05.09.2013 (F10792)	Pilot male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years	Location Rybury, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Prion Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot struggled to launch and then flew parallel to the hillside in increasing winds. Glider suffered asymmetric collapse and turned towards the hill. Glider reinflated but pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 02.09.2013 (F10793)	Pilot male Age: 54 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 19 years 800 flights	Location Frocester, Avon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was scratching low over trees utilising weak thermic lift. Pilot then encountered large sink and landed in the top of the trees. Branches then gave way and pilot fell 7-10m to the ground in a sitting position.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), cervical spine
Date 01.09.2013 (F10794)	Pilot male Age: 26	Location Muggery, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Airbourne Fun Launch Type: foot	Summary Student hung onto top of control frame pulling glider down onto wheels and his knees.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 31.08.2013 (F10790)	Pilot male Age: 66 Flying Experience: 26 years	Location Ditchling, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Cruiser 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student did refresher top to bottom but flared to high/hard and was lifted up and landed on his back.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 30.08.2013 (F10809)	Pilot male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 50 flights	Location Dune de Pyla, FR Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Team 5 Blue MT Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot "slowed glider down" in order to reduce glide on approach. Pilot then applied even more brake and eventually the glider stalled. Pilot fell from approx 10m onto the sand.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 27.08.2013 (F10789)	Pilot male Age: 43	Location Leckhampton Hill, Cheltenham, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ra Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot had asymmetric collapse below the top of the ridge and crashed into the side of the hill.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 26.08.2013 (F10787)	Pilot male Age: 40 8 flights	Location Chetwynd, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Black Magic Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Student went off line on tow and suffered probable 'lock out' at approx 70m. Student landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, lumbar spine, thorax
Date 23.08.2013 (F10795)	Pilot male Age: 23 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years	Location High and Over, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Icaro Cyber TE Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot applied full speed bar while flying down to landing field in smooth conditions. Glider dropped quickly then suffered large asymmetric collapse turing pilot into the ground. Glider was found to have faulty speed system pulley arrangement allowing the bar to be pushed well beyond certified limits.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder, feet, legs
Date 22.08.2013 (F10797)	Pilot male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 63 flights	Location Beesands, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero Plus Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs

Last updated: 4 July 2026

Displaying page 20 out of 172

[ Top ] - [ Prev ] - [ Next ] - [ Bottom ]

A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of main portal, bhpa.co.uk. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.

• Go to: Incident Reports (Informal)
• Go to: Incident Reports (Formal)
• Go to: Report an Incident
• Go to: Safety
• Go to: Pilot Development (Foundation Syllabus)
• Go to: Pilot Rating Scheme
• Go to: BHPA Courses
• Go to: Safety Notices
• Go to: CANP (Civil Aircraft Notification Procedure)
• Go to: NOTAMs (Notices to Aviation)
• Go to: Instructor & Coach Newsletters

The British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association is a member of