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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 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 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 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 03.05.2012 (F10606)	Pilot male Age: 68 Flying Experience: 40 years	Location , AD Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paratech P11 Light Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot was not concentrating and misjudged landing approach hitting wall with leg.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs
Date 15.04.2012 (F10597)	Pilot male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 19 years	Location Hundred House, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot over braked glider when in accelerated air flow and glider collapsed. On reinflation the glider had a cravat which the pilot pumped out. The glider then stalled and the pilot crashed before he could deploy his parachute.	Injury Pilot: minor injuries, thorax
Date 15.04.2012 (F10604)	Pilot male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years	Location Scotland, GB Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), light turbulence (no pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot had midair collision with another paraglider and suffered an asymmetric collapse. Pilot had difficulty deploying emergency parachute and later found it had become entangled with the line holding his vario.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 15.04.2012 (F10598)	Pilot male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location , GB Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: moderate (3m/s), moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 2 Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot lost control in thermic and gusty conditions.	Injury Pilot: seriously injured (more tan 48h in hospital, fractures (except for finger, nose, toe), haermorrhage, ligament rupture), feet, legs, lumbar spine, thorax
Date 14.04.2012 (F10596)	Pilot female Age: 51 Rating: Incident Pilot Flying Experience: 31 years 500 flights	Location N Ireland, GB Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions:, moderate turbulence (occasional pilot action required to maintain control)	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Axis Comet Launch Type: foot	Summary Pilot landed going backwards in strong winds and attempted to pull A risers to collapse the glider. Glider reinflated and dragged pilot.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
Date 12.04.2012 (F10600)	Pilot male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 21 years	Location Scotland, GB Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: calm (1 m/s), not turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden Launch Type: foot	Summary While flying in light thermic conditions, Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider. Both landed safely.	Injury Pilot: unhurt
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

Last updated: 18 May 2026

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