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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:

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• 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 17.02.2015 (E1725)	Pilot Female Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 105 hours (1 hour) 500 flights	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint Evo Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while ridge soaring. Other pilot became entangled in pilot's glider and both pilots collided heavily with slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 08.02.2015 (E1721)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years 800 hours (12 hours) 1000 flights (30 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Safari Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem glider sunk out more quickly than expected during last few feet of final approach. Pilot and passenger fell over on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Seriously Injured Feet, Legs
Date 06.02.2015 (E1732)	Pilot Male Rating: Under EP Training 1 flight	Location Dicki Danda, Pokhara, Nepal Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student failed to control the paraglider post launch. He failed to steer the glider directly into wind, this resulted in the glider drifting to the left over a steeper section of terrain without sufficient ground clearance. Impacting the back of his legs and bruising his calf muscles.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 03.02.2015 (E1800)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 42 years 5000 hours (100 hours) 5000 flights (100 flights)	Location El Penon, Valle de Bravo, Mexico Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot deployed 'drag chute' which became entangled in unzip string. Drag chute and unzip string were located on the same side of the harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.02.2015 (E1756)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 hours	Location Ronda la Vieja, Ronda, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to control glider on landing and was dragged.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 28.01.2015 (E1705)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 1 hour (1 hour) 2 flights	Location Mirador, Orzola, Lanzarote, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider on landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 27.01.2015 (E1696)	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed and noticed that one of his main carabiners was jammed open.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.01.2015 (E1703)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years 327 hours (60 hours) 476 flights (90 flights)	Location Long Mynd, Church Stretton, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched but wind picked up suddenly due to wave. Pilot encountered severe turbulence and attempted to return for a top landing. Glider then collapsed and pilot deployed emergency parachute. Pilot was dragged by chute but uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.01.2015 (E1698)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years (100 hours)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Carrera Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took avoiding action to avoid another glider approaching head on. Avoiding action took pilot into contact with third glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.01.2015 (E1714)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 113 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (60 flights)	Location Sarangkot, Pokhara, Nepal Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Raven Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot fell over on aborted launch and did not realise his parachute deployment handle had become detached. On attempting to launch again and hearing shouts, the pilot deliberately stalled his glider but was carried over the edge falling onto a path just over 1m below.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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