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All incident reports submitted via the new FIDA pan Europe incident reporting system after 21 January 2026 that have been approved for publication can be found below. This page will also slowly include a growing list of older incident report summaries.

Unfortunately, whilst all our old incident reports were successfully imported into the FIDA database by our German colleagues, they failed to include the status of the "publish" field used to determine if it can be made available on our website. As a result around 1,400 old reports now have to be reviewed and cross checked before they can appear here. This is a painfully slow process, and is likely to take some time to complete.

In the meantime a full list of all incident reports submitted via the old Euro system and passed for publication is available on our Incident reports Archive page

Incident reports are available in summary form 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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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If known, total hours and total flights flown are displayed below together with hours and flights flown in the past six months, the latter being displayed in brackets.

There are 117 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 22.05.2013 (F10730)	Pilot male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 400 flights	Location Cornwall, GB Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Little Cloud Spiruline 3 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was "too lazy" to walk up and so decided to top land. Was caught out by rotor and glider sustained a full frontal collapse. Pilot impacted hard from 10m.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 20.05.2013 (F10723)	Pilot male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years	Location Annecy, FR Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot took off in thermic and turbulent conditions. Glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and the pilot did not counter the dive. Glider suffered second asymmetric collapse and again pilot did not counter the dive. Pilot crashed heavily into trees.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident), feet, legs
Date 19.05.2013 (F10736)	Pilot male Age: 53 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years	Location Derbyshire, GB Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control), leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary While thermalling Pilot was caught out by rotor from rounded knoll some 150m in front. Glider stalled in rotor and fell vertically from 15m. Pilot landed heavily	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis
Date 19.05.2013 (F10725)	Pilot male Rating: CP	Location North Yorkshire, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Oasis Launch Type: foot	Summary Incident not witnessed. Pilot called for help having turned into the hill approx 20m from the top of the hill.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 19.05.2013 (F10734)	Pilot male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 76 flights	Location , GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Oasis Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot became too close to the hill while scratching in weak lift. Pilot caught foot on rock.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 18.05.2013 (F10726)	Pilot male Age: 50 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 30 years	Location Dorset, GB Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s)	Wing Type Rigid hang glider Wing: AIR Atos VR Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot approached for top landing but had not gone far enough back. Elected to do big flare rather than overshoot resulting in glider climbing to 5m then diving into the ground.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), head injuries, hands, arms, shoulder
Date 17.05.2013 (F10739)	Pilot male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years 250 flights	Location Wetherdown, GB Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot attempted to land in strong wind in an area known to be turbulent when the wind was strong. Glider stalled at approx 3-5m and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 17.05.2013 (F10724)	Pilot male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Meon Valley, GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land due to increase in wind strength and shift in wind direction. Pilot caught out by rotor causing wing to slew sideways on approach. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 16.05.2013 (F10727)	Pilot male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years	Location Algonodales, ES Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: powered	Summary Student made a good powered launch but had applied too much brake. Student was told to ease off the brakes a little but released them fully while letting off the throttle. Glider dived towards the ground and student impacted hard from 2m.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 06.05.2013 (F10717)	Pilot male Age: 53 Rating: AP	Location Norfolk, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Hornet Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Glider went off line during tow launch and suffered an asymmetric collapse at low level. Driver backed off power but pilot landed heavily on his back.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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