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Incident Reports (EURO)

All incident reports submitted via the old Euro system, and approved for publication before it was shut down, can be found below.

Once passed for publication, all new incident reports submitted via the FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system, can be found on our FIDA Incident Reports page

Summaries of incident reports are available for the following wing types:

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.

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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 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports

Date 18.06.2015 (E2348)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 70 hours (10 hours) 100 flights (30 flights)	Location Bell hill, Sturminster newton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed awkwardly on uneven ground and twisted ankle which subsequently turned out to be fractured.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 12.06.2015 (E2268)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 50 years 3000 hours (52 hours)	Location Treak Cliff, Castelton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary No description given	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 11.06.2015 (E2161)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 23 hours (3 hours) 60 flights (6 flights)	Location Barkin Fell, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to take off on a steep slope about 10m upwind of a wall. Strong wind and thermals contributed to loss of control of the glider whilst ground handling. Wing dragged pilot back up the slope and over the wall causing the injuries.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 08.06.2015 (E2164)	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 1700 hours (72 hours) (24 flights)	Location Pendle (normal NW face), Clitheroe, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra Launch Type: Foot	Summary Control inputs made by the pilot when responding to collapses and cravats in turbulent conditions led to the wing entering a deep stall to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 07.06.2015 (E2146)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: Pilot/Coach Flying Experience: 24 years 876 hours (40 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Long Mountain, Nr Welshpool, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off into lift and felt a very strong 'gust front'. Really strong and struggled to penetrate. Wing oscillating, active flying. The right side of the wing veered violently and without warning entered a fast spin. Pilot recovered but then went parachutal hitting the ground on his back from 6m.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 07.06.2015 (E2145)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Eggardon, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot glided further than anticipated and needed to turn to avoid a hedge. He over controlled and banked the wing. The resulting swing lead to a hard landing with ankle sprain.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 06.06.2015 (E2226)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 200 hours 300 flights	Location Cambridge Aerotow, Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: AIR Atos VQ Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot suffered weak link failure at 20-30m. Pilot landed on feet in a stream.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 04.06.2015 (E1954)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 4000 hours (30 hours) (32 flights)	Location Beachy head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged top landing approach in thermic conditions and collided with another pilot who was standing on the ground. The pilot on the ground suffered the loss of a tooth.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 03.06.2015 (E1933)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location White Hill, Kingsclere, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed with excess speed in a vehicle rut.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 03.06.2015 (E2150)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 56 hours (14 hours) 65 flights (15 flights)	Location White Hill, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Wasp Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in light winds but foot hit a tractor wheel rut resulting in fracture.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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