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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 1715 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date

Pilot

Location

Wing Type

Summary

Injury
Incident Reports
Date
30.06.2025

(F12884)
Pilot
male

Age:
63

Rating:
AP

Flying Experience:
5 years

300 flights
(90 flights)
Location
High and Over,
Alfriston,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
calm (1 m/s),
not turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Swift 6

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot left insufficient height to turn into wind on approach to a top landing, and struck the ground whilst flying cross wind.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

feet, legs
Date
28.06.2025

(F12906)
Pilot
male

Age:
58

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
31 years

1000 flights
(200 flights)
Location
Col de la Forclaz,
Annecy,
FR

Wind Strength:
5-10 km/h

Conditions:
moderate (3m/s),
strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Photon

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot was soaring La Tournette close to the rock face and lost control of the paraglider following an asymmetric collapse in strong turbulence.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

pelvis, hands, arms, shoulder, lumbar spine
Date
27.06.2025

(F12880)
Pilot
male

Age:
60

Rating:
P
Location
Thurnham,
Maidstone,
UK

Wind Strength:
20-25 km/h

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

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Advance
Omega X-Alps

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The paraglider suffered a collapse on approach to top land and the pilot impacted the ground heavily, sustaining injury.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

lumbar spine
Date
25.06.2025

(F12879)
Pilot
male

Age:
73

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
24 years

4500 flights
(25 flights)
Location
Dunstable Down,
Dunstable,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

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

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Niviuk
Ikuma 2

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot misjudged groundspeed and downwind sink in thermic conditions during a slope landing attempt, resulting in a heavy landing on the harness impact pad.
Injury
Pilot:
unhurt
Date
25.06.2025

(F12878)
Pilot
male

Age:
63

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
9 years

2000 flights
(40 flights)
Location
Crete Road,
Folkestone,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
unknown,
unknown

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Air Design
Rise 4

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot's preflight check was interrupted, and they realised they were about to take off without their helmet. The pilot retrieved their helmet and then took off safely.
Injury
Pilot:
unhurt

Passenger:
unhurt
Date
20.06.2025

(F12875)
Pilot
male

Age:
29

Rating:
CP

Flying Experience:
2 years

28 flights
(7 flights)
Location
Rushup Edge,
Derbyshire,
UK

Conditions:
unknown,
unknown

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Sup Air
Leaf lite

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot misjudged the wind strength on take off and was dragged, the paraglider coming to rest over a barbed wire fence.
Injury
Pilot:
unhurt
Date
12.06.2025

(F12872)
Pilot
male

Age:
63

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
8 years

404 flights
(36 flights)
Location
Crete Road,
Folkestone,
UK

Wind Strength:
15-20 km/h

Conditions:
calm (1 m/s),
moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Skywalk
Arak

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot reported that the foot stirrup accelerator system on their Dudek Funky harness had twisted through the stirrup step. The pilot decided not to use the stirrup, which would have activated the trapped speed bar, and they immediately landed.
Injury
Pilot:
unhurt
Date
10.06.2025

(F12890)
Pilot
male

Age:
58

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
16 years

2500 flights
(82 flights)
Location
Gemona,
Gemona,
IT

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:
moderate (3m/s),
strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control),
leeside

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Skywalk
Mint

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot induced a spin on landing approach and impacted the ground hard, sustaining injury.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

head injuries, internal injuries, pelvis, hands, arms, shoulder, lumbar spine, thorax
Date
10.06.2025

(F12881)
Pilot
female

Age:
43

Rating:
AP

Flying Experience:
12 years

480 flights
(130 flights)
Location
Gemona,
Gemona,
IT

Wind Strength:
25-30 km/h

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

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
GIN
GTO 3

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot was flying in close proximity to the slope with other aircraft and encountered sinking air, resulting in an unplanned landing in a rocky area.
Injury
Pilot:
unhurt
Date
02.06.2025

(F12876)
Pilot
female

Age:
66

Rating:
P

Flying Experience:
27 years


(3 flights)
Location
Perransands,
Perranporth,
UK

Wind Strength:
10-15 km/h

Conditions:,
not turbulent

Wing Type
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Sprint 3

Launch Type:
foot

Summary
The pilot was dragged across the sand dunes and sustained injury.
Injury
Pilot:
seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture),

cervical spine

Last updated: 4 July 2026

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