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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 10.04.2011 (B4547)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Myreton, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Prion Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height while soaring and failed to account for shape of hill/slope. Landed heavily on rock.	Injury Pilot: Crushed t11 vertebra
Date 08.04.2011 (B4546)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: Under training	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to get fully in to wind for landing and also failed to flare. Landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractured foot
Date 28.03.2011 (B4545)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Under training	Location Moel Feity, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student made normal flight but stumbled on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr finger
Date 25.03.2011 (B4544)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Sunrise landing site, Nepal	Wing Type Wing: Airwave	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and came in too high. Collided with wall.	Injury Pilot: Fractured foot
Date 22.03.2011 (B4543)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: Under training	Location Heol Senni, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student misjudged approach and struck foot on rocks.	Injury Pilot: Possible fr heel.
Date 21.03.2011 (B4542)	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Under training	Location Clench Common, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Team 5 Green Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off-line while on tow and did not correct course when prompted. Winch operator cut power and student landed heavily from 5m.	Injury Pilot: Torn knee ligaments
Date 20.03.2011 (B4541)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Beer Head, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Vision 5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made good landing having lost height while attempting to soar. Lost footing on pebble beach and fell on arm.	Injury Pilot: Fractured humerus
Date 18.03.2011 (B4539)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Montellena, Spain Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was blown back over ridge into rotor. Pilot deployed emergency parachute and landed safely with only minor bruising.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 18.03.2011 (B4540)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Under training	Location Disgolfa, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Delite Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student completed short top to bottom flight but turned close to ground. Landed with speed and caught foot on tussock of grass.	Injury Pilot: Fractured fibula and tibia.
Date 17.03.2011 (B4538)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Rhonda la Vieja, Spain Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot allowed himself to drift too far back over ridge and could not get back. On turning downwind, pilot noticed power lines and was unable to clear them. Pilot made hard, low-level turn and crashed into olive tree.	Injury Pilot: Bruising

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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