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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 07.04.2012 (F10622)	Pilot male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 15 flights	Location Newhaven, GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Muse 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot applied heavy brakes on approach to bottom landing field and stalled from approx 15m.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), head injuries, hands, arms, shoulder, feet, legs, lumbar spine, thorax
Date 06.04.2012 (F10603)	Pilot male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 16 years 55 flights	Location Dunstable, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was dragged by a gust of wind having just collapsed his glider. Pilot's foot became caught in lines.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), internal injuries, thorax
Date 01.04.2012 (F10591)	Pilot male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 149 flights	Location Deryshire, AT Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by rotor on landing in increasing wind strength.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), thoracic spine, lumbar spine
Date 01.04.2012 (F10592)	Pilot female Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 99 flights	Location , GB	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element	Summary During a deployment and repack practise the pilot found that the emergency parachute would not deploy. It had been packed in the harness incorrectly. Parachute was then correctly fitted by a qualified packer and functioned correctly.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 26.03.2012 (F10595)	Pilot male Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 23 years 93 flights	Location Malvern, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Makalu Launch Type: foot	Summary After two failed launches the pilot did not realise he had turned to face the glider in the opposite way to his normal routine. On launching the third time the pilot found he had a full twist in his risers. The pilot was lifted by a gust and crashed sideways.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 22.03.2012 (F10585)	Pilot male Age: 30 Rating: Trainee 33 flights	Location Laragne, FR Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: foot	Summary Student had good flight but made final turn in to wind a little too late. Landed with slight pendulum.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, feet, legs
Date 22.03.2012 (F10586)	Pilot male Age: 59	Location Algonodales, ES Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing hang glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: foot	Summary After a few soaring beats the pilot was seen to fly straight along the ridge until he collided with the ridge face.	Injury Pilot: fatal (death within 30 days after the accident), head injuries
Date 21.03.2012 (F10590)	Pilot male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 15 years 188 flights	Location Lampeter, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Sprint Evo Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot lost height unexpectedly while ridge soaring and could not turn away from the ridge in time to prevent impact.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, pelvis, feet, legs
Date 18.03.2012 (F10584)	Pilot male Rating: Unqualified	Location Northern Ireland, GB Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions:, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Parakite/Speedflyer/Miniwing (foot-launched) Wing: Gin Gliders Bobcat Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot flew into rotor attempting to top land in strong winds.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis, thorax
Date 18.03.2012 (F10589)	Pilot female Age: 51 Rating: P	Location , ES Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), strong turbulence (constant pilot action required to avoid loss of control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 6 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot suffered an asymmetric collapse in turbulent air resulting in twisted risers and spiral dive. Pilot successfully deployed emergency parachute but landed heavily.	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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