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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.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

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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 21.08.2013 (E814)	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 173 hours	Location Brownwich Cliffs, Meon Shore, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched beside cliff to do some low level soaring. Gust pushed pilot into cliff and then on to top of cliff where pilot regained control of glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.08.2013 (E813)	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 250 hours	Location Pena Negra, Piedrahita, Spain Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot approached for landing but was caught in sinking air and landed faster than expected on undulating ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 11.08.2013 (E812)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 150 flights	Location Swyre Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Sports Start 1 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made top landing approach in windy conditions. Was caught by rotor and landed heavily on his back.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.08.2013 (E828)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 32 years 336 hours 1500 flights	Location Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed then noticed his parachute had fallen out of the container. Suspects harness had pulled against the handle which had then become detached by a jolt on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.08.2013 (E811)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 250 hours	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot top landed but then stumbled and was dragged into stand wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 10.08.2013 (E810)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 2500 hours	Location Newborough Beach, Anglesey, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tempest Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was ground handling on sand dunes in strong wind. Pilot lost footing and was dragged into dune.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.08.2013 (E809)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 320 hours	Location Merthyr, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid air collision with another paraglider pilot. Both pilots flew on.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 10.08.2013 (E808)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 109 hours 200 flights	Location Merthyr, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Nevada Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost sight of another pilot in close proximity while thermalling. Lower point of Pilot's harness contacted upper surface of the other pilot's wing. Pilots moved apart and carried on flying.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.08.2013 (E807)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 300 hours 700 flights	Location Pontypool, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered unexpected lift on approach and made extra turn to lose height. Applied excessive brake and spun glider. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.08.2013 (E806)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years 200 hours 400 flights	Location Long Mynd, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing T2C Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot overcorrected final turn and set up oscillation he could not correct before landing Pilot landed heavily on the base bar.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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