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All incident reports submitted via the old pan Europe incident reporting system, that had been approved for publication prior to 21 January 2026, can be found below.

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 on our FIDA Incident reports 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.

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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 3356 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 08.05.2018 (E6923)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 1000 hours (50 hours) (50 flights)	Location Chinkwell Tor, Devon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega X-Alps 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot both hands off brakes to adjust vario, frontal collapse happened during this time and without enough height to recover.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 07.05.2018 (E6662)	Pilot Male Age: 53	Location Northborough, Cambridgeshire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania GTX Launch Type: Powered Engine: Techno-Fly Octagon, Nitro	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paramotor pilot.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 07.05.2018 (E6314)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 hours (5 hours) 19 flights (7 flights)	Location Darley moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mojo pwr Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane	Summary Upon take-off, reserve parachute situated underneath harness seat deployed acting as ground anchor and air brake. Pilot was pulled backwards by initial braking and glider stalled. Pilot walked away with slight bruising. Although reserve appeared in tact before take-off, pilot did not check pins.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 07.05.2018 (E6317)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 300 hours (15 hours) 500 flights (30 flights)	Location Brecon Beacons, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot accidentally flew into leeside of hill. Glider collapsed and entered spiral dive. Pilot recovered glider but with large cravat. On approaching ground level glider was hit by gust and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 06.05.2018 (E6296)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 38 years 750 hours (30 hours) 1 flight (30 flights)	Location Nont sarahs, Huddersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit heavy sink while ridge soaring and crashed onto rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 05.05.2018 (E6950)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 130 hours (25 hours)	Location Whitewool, Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Uturn Blacklight 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered sink while attempting to slope land and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 05.05.2018 (E6260)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Pilot parascending tow Flying Experience: 30 years 1500 flights (12 flights)	Location South Cerney, Cirencester, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Eiffe Classic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot allowed glider to overfly him on tow launch and was dragged onto shoulder. Tow was aborted by driver.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 05.05.2018 (E6290)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 40 hours 50 flights	Location Windbank, Grassington, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took of with a full riser twist but was able to untwist and get into pod. On attempting to turn back into wind the pilot applied excessive control and spun the glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 05.05.2018 (E6266)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Flying Experience: 17 years	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Freeride Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying low approx 8.30pm towards setting sun and taking care looking for obstacles. Did not see low level power line and collided with the cables.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 05.05.2018 (E6293)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 2000 hours	Location Fairsnape Fell, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Escape S21 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The wind dropped while pilot was ridge soaring downwind. Pilot came down fast on area of stones.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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