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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 05.09.2010 (B4497)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Spain Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Ellus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink on approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fractured l1 and l2 vertebrae
Date 05.09.2010 (B4498)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP	Location Avranches, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Powered Engine: Flylight, Doodlebug	Summary Pilot took off in light winds climbing to 80ft. In attempting to open airframe throttle pilot opened choke in error. In attempting to correct pilot inadvertently allowed glider to stall. Glider crashed in power on spiral.	Injury Pilot: Fractured femurs, ribs and facial injuries. collapsed lung.
Date 01.09.2010 (B4495)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang GTO Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While racing at low height Pilot ended up in severe leeside turbulence. Glider ended up below pilot who then threw parachute. Landed uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.08.2010 (B4493)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Wetton, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to notice leg loops not attached on launch. Student began to slide out of harness and fell 7-10m onto slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs and punctured lung.
Date 31.08.2010 (B4494)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location Charlton Clumps, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary On first flight student took a few steps but then jumped before glider properly flying. Fell heavily on knee.	Injury Pilot: Torn ligaments in knee
Date 30.08.2010 (B4492)	Pilot Male Age: 40	Location Tinto North, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider at about 10m while on approach.	Injury Pilot: Back injuries
Date 29.08.2010 (B4490)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location St Andre Les Alps, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave FR3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse and subsequent cravat due to slipping trimmer. Deployed parachute but main reinflated. Pilot struggled to pull in main canopy and landed heavily in trees.	Injury Pilot: Bruised abdomen and meat and two veg!!
Date 29.08.2010 (B4491)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: AP	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mantra M3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged conditions on a glide and failed to leave enough height to clear tree. Pilot landed in tree without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.08.2010 (B4487)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: AP	Location Mendleshan, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot noticed glider had left turn and no bar pressure while on winch tow. Released at 200m and managed to land safely. Suspects curled up mylar inside leading edge due to fishing for broken batten ends.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.08.2010 (B4488)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 41-48 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing XC Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary On inspecting glider after heavy landing, pilot noticed fracture in glider keel.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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