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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 1859 published incident report summaries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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 (B4259)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: FLPA	Location Northrepps, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Independence Speed Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Macro	Summary During flight pilot noticed maillon connecting spreader to tandem bar was open and deformed. Though protected by webbing fail safe, pilot and passenger decided to land immediately and did so without incident.	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
Date 31.05.2008 (B4257)	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Dudek Vox Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student went over on ankle during takeoff run.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated ankle
Date 28.05.2008 (B4256)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Novice	Location Curium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed correctly but caught foot on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 27.05.2008 (B4255)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While on final approach and at approx. 10m agl the harness chest buckle came undone making the glider more difficult to control. This was the second occasion this had occurred. Harness taken out of service.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.05.2008 (B4254)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP	Location Sharpenhoe, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was turned 90 degrees on final approach and landed heavily. Conditions were windy, gusty and rough. Wind was 45 degrees off slope.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to elbow
Date 18.05.2008 (B4253)	Pilot Male Age: 49	Location Unknown field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Volution	Summary Pilot parked brakes on magnets while getting into seat. During this time one of the brakes became dislodged and was sucked into the prop. Pilot was able to land without incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.05.2008 (B4251)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, 175 4s	Summary Pilot suffered engine failure and was forced to land in field adjacent to horses.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.05.2008 (B4252)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew too close to slope in very light conditions and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle.

Last updated: 23 October 2026

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