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Incident Reports (FIDA)

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).

If known, total flights flown and flights flown in the past six months are displayed below, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 1229 published incident report summaries for Paragliders

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 30.04.2025 (F12829)	Pilot male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years (30 flights)	Location Aberdeen, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During an emergency parachute repack, it was found that the deployment handle was attached to the bridle rather than the correct installation point on the emergency parachute inner container. The harness and parachute had been obtained second-hand. The packer rectified the error and the pilot who supplied the harness and parachute was informed.	Injury Pilot: unhurt

Date 29.04.2025 (F12827)	Pilot male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 520 flights (12 flights)	Location Llantisilio, Lllangollen, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 7 Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot was attempting a reverse launch when the wing snagged on shrubs, partially inflated. It became inverted, with its leading edge on the ground. The pilot lost control of the paraglider and was dragged, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries

Date 28.04.2025 (F12841)	Pilot male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 68 flights (1 flight)	Location Shining Tor, Buxton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Aravis Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind direction and crosswind element and collided with a wall.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, hands, arms, shoulder

Date 28.04.2025 (F12831)	Pilot male Age: 57 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 4 years 1287 flights (110 flights)	Location Plaine Joux, Passy, FR Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control), rain, snow	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Volt 4 Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot encountered heavy rain on a cross country flight and opted to fly in accelerated mode to a landing area. The pilot released the accelerator to use the controls to land and the paraglider entered a deep stall. The pilot fell through trees and sustained injury in the impact with the ground.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, feet, legs

Date 25.04.2025 (F12824)	Pilot male Rating: P Flying Experience: 38 years 1000 flights (4 flights)	Location Howgills, Sedburgh, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Queen 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot lost control of their paraglider on launch in gusty conditions and was dragged sideways. Once airborne the pilot realised their emergency parachute was partially released. The pilot managed to stow it and landed without further incident.	Injury Pilot: unhurt

Date 22.04.2025 (F12823)	Pilot male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years 701 flights (18 flights)	Location Windbank, Kettlewell, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flow Paragliders Fusion Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot experienced a departure from normal flight, likely a large asymmetric collapse, upon exiting a thermal. The pilot cited strong winds and possibly encountering rotor as contributing to the loss of control. The paraglider lost a significant amount of height in its recovery and the pilot landed without further incident.	Injury Pilot: unhurt

Date 20.04.2025 (F12822)	Pilot male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 3000 flights (10 flights)	Location Back of Ecton, Ecton, 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 pilot was aware of the onset of a spin when using the controls to make tight turns in thermic conditions. Upon investigation the pilot noticed that the control line had twisted around itself, gathering some suspension lines, which were pulled when the pilot made a control input on that side. The pilot noted that they normally took wraps, twisting the control line above the spinner (fitted to prevent this type of line tangling).	Injury Pilot: unhurt

Date 17.04.2025 (F12821)	Pilot male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years 14 flights (4 flights)	Location Osmington White Horse, Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: unknown, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z4 Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot landed heavily when attempting a top landing, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, hands, arms, shoulder

Date 10.04.2025 (F12817)	Pilot male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 55 flights (2 flights)	Location Wether Fell, Yorkshire Dales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Calypso Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot misjudged their slope landing approach in changing conditions, colliding with a large grass tussock.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, feet, legs

Date 08.04.2025 (F12819)	Pilot male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years (15 flights)	Location Glencoe ski area, Highlands, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: unknown, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 7 Launch Type: foot	Summary The pilot attempted to launch on a shallow slope with a tailwind, resulting in an unplanned fast contact with the slope shortly after becoming airborne.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs

Last updated: 4 July 2026

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