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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 1757 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date

Pilot

Location

Wing Type

Summary

Injury
Incident Reports
Date
16.06.2013

(F10747)
Pilot
male

Age:
48
Location
Firle,
Sussex,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:,
not turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Independence
Cruiser 2

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Student fell over while ground handling.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

hands, arms, shoulder
Date
07.06.2013

(F10743)
Pilot
male

Age:
34

Flying Experience:
17 years
Location
Parlick,
Lancashire,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:,
moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Swing
Arcus 6

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Pilot unknowingly flew into an area of lee rotor. Pilot fell from approx 7m.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

feet, legs, cervical spine
Date
06.06.2013

(F10740)
Pilot
male

Age:
47

Rating:
P
Location
Parlick,
Lancashire,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
strong (5m/s),
moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Escape
s'tream

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Pilot suffered multiple collapses while attempting to top land in turbulent and thermic conditions. Pilot fell from 8m and was then dragged.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

feet, legs, lumbar spine, thorax
Date
02.06.2013

(F10798)
Pilot
male

Age:
40

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
22 years
Location
Rushup Edge,
Derbyshire,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gradient
Bi Golden

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
While coming in for a slope landing the wind changed to a slight tail wind and the pilot encountered significant sink. Pilot landed fast with his leg extended.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

feet, legs
Date
01.06.2013

(F10742)
Pilot
male

Age:
53

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
33 years
Location
XClent,
Roel Gate,
UK

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:,
not turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Nova
Factor 2

Launch Type:
winch/vehicle tow

Summary
Pilot tripped while on takeoff run. Fell and broke arm.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

hands, arms, shoulder
Date
26.05.2013

(F10729)
Pilot
male
Location
Long Mynd,
Shropshire,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

Conditions:,
not turbulent

Wing Type
Flexwing hang glider

Wing:
Moyes
Litespeed S

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Pilot came in for top landing still in prone and on the base bar. Immediately prior to landing the hang glider wing struck the rear of a paraglider pilot who was packing his wing in the landing area. The hang glider crashed and the nose of the glider struck the pilot on the back of his neck.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

cervical spine
Date
22.05.2013

(F10730)
Pilot
male

Age:
46

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
15 years

400 flights
Location
Hayle Towans,
Cornwall,
UK

Wind Strength:
30-35 km/h

Conditions:,
strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Little Cloud
Spiruline 3

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Pilot was "too lazy" to walk up and so decided to top land. Was caught out by rotor and glider sustained a full frontal collapse. Pilot impacted hard from 10m.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

lumbar spine
Date
20.05.2013

(F10723)
Pilot
male

Age:
65

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
16 years
Location
Planfait,
Annecy,
FR

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:
moderate (3m/s),
moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Mojo

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Pilot took off in thermic and turbulent conditions. Glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and the pilot did not counter the dive. Glider suffered second asymmetric collapse and again pilot did not counter the dive. Pilot crashed heavily into trees.
Injury
Pilot:
fatal (death within 30 days after the accident),

feet, legs
Date
19.05.2013

(F10734)
Pilot
male

Age:
45

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
17 years

76 flights
Location
Model Ridge,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:
moderate (3m/s)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin Gliders
Oasis

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
Pilot became too close to the hill while scratching in weak lift. Pilot caught foot on rock.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

feet, legs
Date
19.05.2013

(F10736)
Pilot
male

Age:
53

Rating:
AP

Flying Experience:
41 years
Location
Lords Seat,
Derbyshire,
UK

Wind Strength:
25-30 km/h

Conditions:,
strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control),
leeside

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Niviuk
Peak 2

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
While thermalling Pilot was caught out by rotor from rounded knoll some 150m in front. Glider stalled in rotor and fell vertically from 15m. Pilot landed heavily
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

pelvis

Last updated: 24 August 2026

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