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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 14.09.2012 (F10669)	Pilot male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years	Location , FR Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot attempted top landing but did not have sufficient height and landed with tail wind. Heavy impact.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 04.09.2012 (F10655)	Pilot male Age: 40	Location Dorset, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra Launch Type: foot	Summary Student put foot down hole obscured by long grass on landing.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 11.08.2012 (F10642)	Pilot male Age: 36	Location , GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: winch/vehicle tow	Summary Student allowed glider nose to come up during initial tow and weak link snapped. Glider recovered and dived. Pilot impacted chest first.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), head injuries, thorax
Date 10.08.2012 (F10653)	Pilot male Age: 62	Location Dorset, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: foot	Summary Student inflated the glider well but did not make a committed run. Student lifted legs too early and wing dived causing student to catch foot on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 06.08.2012 (F10651)	Pilot male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years	Location Devon, GB Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was struggling to control glider is strong gusty conditions. He decided to collapse the glider but was pulled over onto his shoulder	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 24.07.2012 (F10637)	Pilot male Age: 41 13 flights	Location Wiltshire, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student landed downwind and stumbled on landing.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 24.07.2012 (F10638)	Pilot male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 22 years	Location Wiltshire, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Antea 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while thermalling at low level. Glider collapsed and pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 22.07.2012 (F10636)	Pilot male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Hampshire, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Freex Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was ridge soaring close to cliff top. Pilot misjudged turn and collided with cliff top before being dragged over cliff by glider.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 20.07.2012 (F10635)	Pilot female Age: 32 13 flights	Location Newhaven, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: foot	Summary Student made approach to top landing but did not have sufficient height. Student flew through tree before falling down the other side.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), lumbar spine
Date 14.07.2012 (F10641)	Pilot male Age: 30 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 270 flights	Location Booni, PK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 3 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot encountered strong thermal on final approach and applied 'big ears' and speed bar. No further recollections due to crash.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, feet, legs

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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