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All incident reports submitted via the new FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system after 21 January 2026 that have been approved for publication can be found below. This page will also slowly include a growing list of older incident report summaries.

Unfortunately, whilst all our old incident reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field used to determine if it can be made available on our website. As a result around 1,400 old reports now have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can appear here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

In the meantime a full list of all incident reports submitted via the old Euro system and passed for publication is available on our Incident reports Archive page

Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for all wing types are displayed below in summary form.

The BHPA incident reports database is fully searchable. To refine your search you can specify a particular wing type and select "or" or "and". For example, if you want to search for paraglider incidents at Hay Bluff, for best search results select paraglider from the drop down list and the "and" option.

If you want 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 hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 117 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 16.03.2012 (F10594)	Pilot male Age: 53	Location , MA Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: foot	Summary Despite being told to head out to landing area, student continued to attempt to soar. Student lost height and was forced to make cross slope landing to avoid power lines.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, feet, legs
Date 12.03.2012 (F10582)	Pilot male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 19 years 389 flights	Location Derbyshire, GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot made two failed launch attempts before finally managing to become airborne under control.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 11.03.2012 (F10581)	Pilot male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 200 flights	Location Driffield, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Pilot went off line during tow launch. Winch operator cut the line but pilot did not control the dive and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine, thorax
Date 11.03.2012 (F10588)	Pilot male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years	Location Scotland, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot launched in variable conditions and suffered an asymmetric collapse shortly after launch. Glider then stalled and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine, thorax
Date 08.03.2012 (F10583)	Pilot male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 400 flights	Location Dorset, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: unknown, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 4 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot underestimated the change in wind direction and landed heavily crosswind on rising ground.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), thoracic spine
Date 02.03.2012 (F10587)	Pilot male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 14 flights	Location Derbyshire, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: unknown, unknown	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Offpiste Discovery Launch Type: powered	Summary While on a powered hang glider flight the battery for the power unit caught fire. The pilot made an emergency landing.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 27.02.2012 (F10579)	Pilot male Age: 34 Rating: Unqualified 6 flights	Location Oxfordshire, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: powered	Summary Pilot did not respond properly to radio commands and came close to landing on parked cars. Student became entangled with a wing laid out in the take off area but managed to land safely.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 24.02.2012 (F10580)	Pilot male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years	Location Peak District, GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: powered	Summary Student applied too much throttle while practising starting the engine. Engine fell over backwards.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, hands, arms, shoulder
Date 19.02.2012 (F10599)	Pilot male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 31 years 1000 flights	Location Brighton, GB Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Icaro Laminar Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot landed heavily in tailwind due to switching winds in landing field.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 11.02.2012 (F10578)	Pilot male Age: 44	Location Lanzarote, ES Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: foot	Summary Student entered a turn and continued turn until colliding with the hillside.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture)

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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