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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:

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• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

Incident reports for paraglider wings 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 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 84 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 29.06.2012 (F10649)	Pilot male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 600 flights	Location Annecy, FR Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Takoo 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary On final approach to landing field Pilot flew into strong thermal. Glider was lifted and tipped back. On recovery, glider dived forward and swung pilot and passenger into tree. They fell 6m from tree.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), hands, arms, shoulder Passenger: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture) lumbar spine
Date 25.06.2012 (F10629)	Pilot male Rating: CP	Location Dorset, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 7 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while thermalling approx 20m above the hill. Glider dived and pilot impacted gravel path.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs, lumbar spine, thorax
Date 05.06.2012 (F10633)	Pilot male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years	Location Derbyshire, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Peak 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was being sucked into cloud so tried spiral dive but was not confident and so tried 'big ears'. glider stalled then entered rotation. Pilot deployed parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 04.06.2012 (F10621)	Pilot male Age: 26 Rating: P 70 flights	Location Wales, GB Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and initiated 'S' turns to lose height. Glider began to spin and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 28.05.2012 (F10618)	Pilot male Age: 77 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 205 flights	Location Devon, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Hornet Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was flying too close to cliff edge and glider snagged causing pilot to crash onto side of cliff.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), pelvis
Date 28.05.2012 (F10619)	Pilot male Age: 48	Location Derbyshire, GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: strong (5m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot failed to control glider during revers launch close to cliff top and fell over cliff.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
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 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

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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