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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 1859 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date

Pilot

Location

Wing Type

Summary

Injury
Incident Reports
Date
28.08.2011

(B4590)

Formal Report
Pilot
Male

Age:
42

Rating:
CP
Location
Newgale Beach,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-27 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Epsilon

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot flew in area of turbulent air in lee of outcrop. Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse and collided with cliff face.
Injury
Pilot:
Fatal
Date
23.08.2011

(B4589)
Pilot
Male

Age:
45

Rating:
P
Location
UK

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Little Cloud
Spiruline

Summary
During daily inspection pilot noticed unusual wear to inside of riser where it attaches to harness attachment karabiner. Possible mismatch between light weight krab and riser.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
22.08.2011

(B4588)
Pilot
Male

Age:
47

Rating:
AP
Location
St Andre,
France

Wind Strength:
12-19 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Air
Atos VR

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)

Summary
Pilot began launch run in changeable conditions. 3 steps into launch wind switched to tailwind. Pilot crashed 15m down slope.
Injury
Pilot:
Dislocated shoulder
Date
21.08.2011

(B4587)
Pilot
Male

Age:
61

Rating:
Under training
Location
Muggery Bottom,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-11 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Prima

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Student did not correct course into wind as he approached landing area. Landed awkwardly.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr ankle
Date
14.08.2011

(B4586)
Pilot
Male

Age:
29
Location
Rhossili,
UK

Wind Strength:
28-34 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Rush 3

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot came out of spiral dive too fast and too close to hill. Glider unloaded and pilot hit ground before wing recovered.
Injury
Pilot:
Unknown
Date
13.08.2011

(B4585)
Pilot
Male

Age:
53

Rating:
AP
Location
Watervliet,
Belgium

Wind Strength:
12-19 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts

Wing Type
Powered PG

Wing:
Dudek
Synthesis

Launch Type:
Powered

Engine:
Bulldog,
Spirit

Summary
Pilot misjudged wind gradient and did not leave sufficient time or altitude to execute an efficient flare to land.
Injury
Pilot:
Compression fracture of l1 vertebra.
Date
02.08.2011

(B4584)
Pilot
Male

Age:
41

Rating:
AP
Location
Bewaldeth,
UK

Wing Type
Unknown

Summary
Calf ate landing marker and had to be destroyed.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
01.08.2011

(B4582)
Pilot
Male

Age:
48

Rating:
CP
Location
Newhaven Cliffs,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-11 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Sol
Ellus 3

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
After experiencing sinking air pilot did not have enough height to make landing area. Crashed into ice-cream van.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
01.08.2011

(B4583)
Pilot
Male

Age:
51

Rating:
P
Location
Annecy,
France

Wind Strength:
12-19 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Airwave
Sport

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)

Summary
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse that recovered into spiral dive. Pilot crashed into bushes but was unhurt. Risers set at 60+ cm probable cause of failed recovery.
Injury
Pilot:
Unhurt
Date
30.07.2011

(B4580)
Pilot
Male

Age:
35

Rating:
Under training
Location
Muggery Bowl,
UK

Wind Strength:
12-19 km/h

Conditions:
Variable

Wing Type
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Airborne
Fun 190

Launch Type:
Foot (Assisted)

Summary
Student was too high on uprights while on tethered flight. Caused glider to pitch down and pilot swung through as wheels toughed ground.
Injury
Pilot:
Fr humerus

Last updated: 23 October 2026

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