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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 27.05.2012 (F10617)	Pilot female Age: 37 30 flights	Location Lewes, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: foot	Summary Student on CP course failed to turn away from the ridge and impacted cross slope.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 25.05.2012 (F10616)	Pilot male Age: 37 Flying Experience: 15 years 38 flights	Location Aaran, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 4 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student used excessive brake on reverse launch and was lifted off his feet. Student swung round and was dragged.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 25.05.2012 (F10634)	Pilot male Age: 54 4 flights	Location Somerset, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: powered	Summary Pilot started motor but it went to full revs knocking him over. Pilot was struck by prop.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 22.05.2012 (F10615)	Pilot Rating: P 100 flights	Location Talgarth Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bi Golden 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind on approach to top landing and landed heavily crosswind.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, feet, legs Passenger: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture) feet, legs
Date 21.05.2012 (F10614)	Pilot male Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years	Location Wales, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bi-Beta Launch Type: foot	Summary In a rush to get launched in decreasing winds the pilot failed to clip himself onto the tandem glider. Pilot held on to spreaders until landing. Never more than 2 - 3m off the ground.	Injury Pilot: unhurt Passenger: unhurt
Date 13.05.2012 (F10612)	Pilot male Age: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 46 years	Location Somerset, GB Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Wills Wing Talon Launch Type: foot	Summary Because of windy and turbulent conditions, pilot could not make normal landing field and landed in a field with cattle.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 12.05.2012 (F10611)	Pilot male Age: 34	Location Brighton, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Bolero 3 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student landed cross wind with leg outstretched.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 12.05.2012 (F10613)	Pilot male Age: 46 65 flights	Location Deryshire, GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Airwave Pulse 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Student made approach to top landing but was too high. Made approach to alternate landing field but stalled one wing and landed heavily. Did not let go of uprights.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder
Date 08.05.2012 (F10609)	Pilot male Age: 21	Location Bavaria, DE Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Cruiser Launch Type: foot	Summary Glider launched asymmetrically pulling student to one side. Student tripped and fell attempting to get under canopy.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, feet, legs
Date 08.05.2012 (F10610)	Pilot male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years 500 flights	Location Wales, GB Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s), strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed Launch Type: foot	Summary While attempting to land in windy, gusty and turbulent conditions the glider dropped a wing and came down heavily from 2 - 3m.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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