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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:

• 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.

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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 18.04.2015 (E1807)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 33 years 379 hours (4 hours) 1492 flights (7 flights)	Location Sharpenhoe Clappers, Sharpenhoe, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and balaclava slipped down over his eyes. Pilot was able to restore some visibility and was able to bottom land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.04.2015 (E1836)	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 50 years 3500 hours (50 hours) 1750 flights (25 flights)	Location Beadlam Rigg Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made final approach with insufficient airspeed. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 15.04.2015 (E1804)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 178 hours (30 hours) 420 flights (40 flights)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint EVO Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by strengthening wind and was unable to penetrate. Just before touching down, a gust lifted the pilot and dropped him in a bush.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.04.2015 (E1805)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 120 hours (2 hours) 200 flights (6 flights)	Location Rybury, Thames Valley, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot tried to 360 in front of the hill and pulled on excessive inside brake to avoid the hill. The inside wing stalled and the glider entered a spin. The glider recovered after a 180 degree turn in the direction of the hill. The pilot was fortunate in that he glanced rather than impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2015 (E1787)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 7 hours (3 hours) 38 flights (10 flights)	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Immediately after take-off, when Pilot's full weight came on harness straps, one of the buckles burst open. on inspection it had jammed, giving the impression it was properly connected.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2015 (E1782)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 45 hours (6 hours) 120 flights (12 flights)	Location Tinto South, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 2 light Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inflated glider with cravat but was unable to prevent take off. Pilot headed away from hill and others but was unable to remove cravat. Pilot was able to bottom land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2015 (E1784)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 45 hours (6 hours) 120 flights (12 flights)	Location Tinto South, Scotland, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 2 light Launch Type: Foot	Summary After kiting glider back up the hill, pilot took of and leg strap came undone. Pilot pulled himself up and carried out gentle bottom landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2015 (E2308)	Pilot Male Rating: Trainee Flying Experience: 1 hour (1 hour) 20 flights (20 flights)	Location Tailbridge hill, Nateby, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Emotion2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On aborting takeoff, pilot pulled hard on left control causing glider to spin. This swung the pilot towards the ground, unfortunately pilot hit a spikey limestone rock causing puncture to left leg.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 07.04.2015 (E1788)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 50 years 3000 hours (12 hours) 5000 flights (16 flights)	Location Mt Caburn, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision in crowded and thermic conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.04.2015 (E1773)	Pilot Female Age: 32 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 70 hours (33 hours) 175 flights (85 flights)	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had airport with 3 axis light aircraft while on glide. Aircraft passed approx 3m above and 15m in front. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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