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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 1737 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.06.2008 (B4268)	Pilot Female Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Yeti Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was dragged over wall and fence having tried to forward launch in reverse launch conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 15.06.2008 (B4267)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Karma M Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student accidentally induced pitch while getting into harness just prior to slope/top landing. Did not flare enough when landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 14.06.2008 (B4266)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Barton Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Harley Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Wing tippers let go of canopy at different time causing canopy to rotate on launch, knocking over one of the wing tippers.	Injury Pilot: Bang to head
Date 13.06.2008 (B4265)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C4 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot noticed main power lines on out-landing but failed to notice spur off main line. Had to make late turn to avoid spur and landed heavily downwind.	Injury Pilot: Fr finger, dislocated fingers
Date 11.06.2008 (B4264)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: AP	Location St Catherines Down, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Speed 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Having just taken off on a tandem flight the glider flew through a lull which forced the pilot to land on a lower shelf. The passengers feet became tangled in undergrowth causing both pilot and passenger to fall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.06.2008 (B4263)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C4 - 13.5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with paraglider while thermalling. Became wrapped in paraglider and went inverted. Was able to recover and land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.06.2008 (B4262)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Vega 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with hang glider pilot while thermalling. Became wrapped up on hang glider so threw emergency chute.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle, minor cuts.
Date 07.06.2008 (B4261)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element S Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off line slightly during low (3m) towed flights. Winch powered off and student landed awkwardly.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 06.06.2008 (B4260)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Buttermere Moss, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aerodyne Jumbe 29 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged wind conditions on final approach and landed short, hitting car in car park.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2008 (B4258)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Dodd Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Infinity Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach on top landing and landed downwind heavilly.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra t12

Last updated: 18 August 2026

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