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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 28.09.2014 (E1495)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP/Pilot Flying Experience: 21 years	Location Beachy Head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was seen to be practicing extreme wing overs shortly before crashing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 27.09.2014 (E1497)	Pilot Male	Location Clatter, Newtown, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Unknown pilot landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.09.2014 (E1491)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 10 hours (5 hours)	Location Mount Caburn, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pro Design Accura Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot mistimed approach to top landing and made final turn too late. Pilot landed with sideways momentum and caught foot.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 19.09.2014 (E1500)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location High and Over, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot panicked after suspecting leg straps were not fastened and almost landed downwind. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.09.2014 (E1465)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 2 hours (2 hours) 20 flights (20 flights)	Location Ogwen valley, North Wales, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Ozone Firefly Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to reverse launch without first clearing his control lines. Pilot was lifted up out of control and with twisted risers. Glider turned along ridge and dumped pilot into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.09.2014 (E1469)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 3 hours (5 hours) 7 flights (6 flights)	Location Col de Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while ridge soaring. The pilot found he could not turn right to take avoiding action as the two gliders in front of him both turned back along the ridge leaving him on a head on course with one of them.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.09.2014 (E1462)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 135 hours (26 hours) 500 flights (51 flights)	Location Mercury, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Paraglider had mid-air collision with a model aircraft. Pilot was able to land safely with model trapped in lines. Minor damage to model.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.09.2014 (E1468)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: EP Flying Experience: 12 years 1 hour (1 hour) 47 flights (47 flights)	Location Darley Moor Airfield, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student made successful flight from the winch but stumbled backwards on landing injuring his ankle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 08.09.2014 (E1474)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years	Location Montmin, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot	Summary Hang glider pilot had mid-air collision with paraglider pilot while thermalling. Paraglider deployed parachute and landed in trees unhurt. Hang glider pilot was able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.09.2014 (E1456)	Pilot Female Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 hours (2 hours) 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Tinto N, Lanarkshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Having completed a short top to bottom flight and carried the glider back to launch, the pilot noticed that some lines had become detached. One of the maillons on an A riser had become undone.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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