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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).

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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 1345 published incident report summaries for Paragliders

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 19.07.2026 (F19611)	Pilot male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 1996 years (5 flights)	Location Moel Eilio, Llanberis, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Nyos Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot was dragged over the ground and sustained injury when they lost control of the wing during a reverse launch in strong conditions. The reverse launch technique used necessitated letting go of the control handles when turning to face forwards.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, hands, arms, shoulder
Date 18.07.2026 (F19649)	Pilot male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: Under a year 35 flights (35 flights)	Location White Wool, East Meon, BR Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 5 Launch Type: foot	Summary On approach to slope land the pilot became aware of a fence and made a low 180 degree turn to avoid collision with the fence. The pilot then landed at hight speed and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, feet, legs
Date 17.07.2026 (F19599)	Pilot male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years	Location Lords Seat, Derbyshire Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: MacPara Verve Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot made a landing approach into a confined field, to avoid livestock in adjacent fields. They inadvertently induced a spin on approach and landed hard.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 10.07.2026 (F19557)	Pilot male Age: 57 Flying Experience: 34 years 10000 flights (153 flights)	Location Stow on the Wold, Stow on the Wold, north of Fairford, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: foot	Summary The paraglider pilot was undertaking a cross country flight and reported a military aircraft at the same altitude and approaching head-on. The pilot induced a spiral turn on their paraglider and reported the aircraft passed close by overhead.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 09.07.2026 (F19672)	Pilot male Age: 70 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 400 flights (15 flights)	Location Lastra del Cano, Lastra del Cano, Piedrahita, ES Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Carrera Plus Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot inflated their paraglider in thermic conditions with strengthening wind, and was plucked off the ground and blown backwards over the take-off to a forested area, whilst gaining height. The pilot was unable to get into their pod harness and activate their accelerator system. They induced a stall and landed on their back, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), thorax
Date 08.07.2026 (F19551)	Pilot male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 300 flights (40 flights)	Location Milk Hill, Pewsey, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: foot	Summary The paraglider pilot attempted a slope landing in light winds with varying wind direction. Their approach was made over rising ground and with a possible downwind component. The pilot identified that they could have aborted the approach, however they chose to continue and landed with high groundspeed, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 04.07.2026 (F19536)	Pilot male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 2 years 130 flights (50 flights)	Location Mont Lambert, Mont Lambert, FR Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 5 Launch Type: foot	Summary Immediately after take-off, the pilot experienced an asymmetric collapse in a strong thermal, followed by increasingly aggressive right rolling, diving turns, and several small right tip tucks. The pilot landed safely and subsequently discovered that three lines in the right outer A-riser cascade had severed. The damage had not been identified during the daily inspection. The pilot reported that the French repair centre considered the damage consistent with stresses associated with SIV training, of which the pilot had completed 15 sorties during the preceding 10 months.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 24.06.2026 (F19466)	Pilot male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 33 years 2500 flights (44 flights)	Location Krushevo (North Macedonia), Krushevo, MK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Tau DLS Launch Type: foot	Summary During the first flight of a new Advance Tau DLS 23, the pilot identified that the left control line had been incorrectly routed between two B-lines during manufacture, causing it to rub against and abrade another line when the control was applied. The pilot landed safely, and then inspected the wing with an instructor, who confirmed the incorrect routing. The brake handle was removed, the line was rerouted correctly, and the wing was rechecked before further use.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 22.06.2026 (F19411)	Pilot male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years	Location Semer Water, Hawes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gingo Airlite 4 PG harness Launch Type: foot	Summary During coaching activity, the coach and pilot became aware that the paraglider harness shoulder strap had failed. Upon inspection it was revealed that significant corrosion had occurred to the aluminium buckle at the shoulder, and it had catastrophically failed. The buckle was shrouded with a neoprene cover.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 20.06.2026 (F19408)	Pilot male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 996 flights (39 flights)	Location Long Mynd, Church Stretton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base 2 Lite Launch Type: foot	Summary The paraglider pilot made an approach to land from a southerly direction and inadvertently induced a spin when turning the paraglider into wind. The pilot landed on their back, falling approximately three metres.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries

Last updated: 22 October 2026

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