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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 1715 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 20.10.2012 (F10675)	Pilot male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years	Location Fair Snape Fell, Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 4 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was lifted off the ground facing the wrong direction while attempting to launch in strong winds. Pilot failed to control the glider before it turned and impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 14.10.2012 (F10668)	Pilot male Age: 33 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years	Location Rhossili, Swansea, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h	Wing Type Parakite/Speedflyer/Miniwing (foot-launched) Wing: Ozone Fazer Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was soaring mini wing and misjudged downwind beat. Impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 06.10.2012 (F10666)	Pilot male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm, Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: not recorded Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Pilot was being winched when weak link broke at 10m. Pilot landed heavily on feet then back.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 15.09.2012 (F10657)	Pilot male Age: 44	Location Rhossili, Swansea, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: foot	Summary Student launched glider but then stumbled and fell over on to outstretched arm.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 14.09.2012 (F10669)	Pilot male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years	Location St Vincent, FR Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot attempted top landing but did not have sufficient height and landed with tail wind. Heavy impact.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 04.09.2012 (F10655)	Pilot male Age: 40	Location Bell Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra Launch Type: foot	Summary Student put foot down hole obscured by long grass on landing.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 11.08.2012 (F10642)	Pilot male Age: 36	Location Mendlesham, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Student allowed glider nose to come up during initial tow and weak link snapped. Glider recovered and dived. Pilot impacted chest first.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), head injuries, thorax
Date 10.08.2012 (F10653)	Pilot male Age: 62	Location Folly Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: foot	Summary Student inflated the glider well but did not make a committed run. Student lifted legs too early and wing dived causing student to catch foot on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 06.08.2012 (F10651)	Pilot male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years	Location Woolacombe, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was struggling to control glider is strong gusty conditions. He decided to collapse the glider but was pulled over onto his shoulder	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 24.07.2012 (F10637)	Pilot male Age: 41 13 flights	Location Milk Hill, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student landed downwind and stumbled on landing.	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

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