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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:

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• 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 21.04.2018 (E5966)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 1200 hours (100 hours)	Location High & Over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum Launch Type: Foot	Summary Passenger twisted ankle during light wind tandem landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries Feet, Legs
Date 20.04.2018 (E6158)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 32 years 2000 hours (15 hours) 6000 flights (30 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden Launch Type: Foot	Summary Tandem pilot made slope landing in weak sinking air. Pilot caught foot on uneven ground on landing .	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs Passenger: Unhurt
Date 19.04.2018 (E6254)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 35 hours (12 hours) 130 flights (28 flights)	Location Stanage Edge, Sheffield, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of glider during launch and was dragged off his feet into rocks and boulders.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 19.04.2018 (E5960)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Flying Experience: 9 years 30 flights (30 flights)	Location Muggery Bottom, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was ground handling. Stepping sideways under glider and knee gave way. Pilot previously injured knee while kiteboarding (2 weeks ago) but thought it had healed.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 15.04.2018 (E5945)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Flying Experience: 8 years 14 flights (14 flights)	Location El Bosque, Cadiz, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student forward launched, but did not keep running forwards in launch stage. As a result the glider overtook him, the student then tried to correct the situation by running under the glider. It then suffered an asymmetric collapse as he ran under the wing and was lifted approx 2 feet off the ground and landed on his side.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.04.2018 (E5939)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Flying Experience: (1 hour) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location High and over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student got airboure unintentionally, turned into wind, and landed on the side of the hill putting his arm out.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.04.2018 (E6224)	Pilot Female Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 10 hours (1 hour) 25 flights (1 flight)	Location Whitestones, Howgills, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched glider but failed to properly gain control. Pilot was lifted with twisted risers then dropped.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 14.04.2018 (E5936)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 1000 hours (22 hours) (47 flights)	Location Bleasee Fell, Keswick, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had a collapse on right wing while thermalling left. In attempting to rectify the collapse the pilot spun the glider. There was insufficient height for the glider to fully recover before the pilot impacted the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.04.2018 (E5954)	Pilot Female Age: 62 Flying Experience: 9 years 2 hours (2 hours) 37 flights (37 flights)	Location Mount Caburn, Glynde, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student pilot was on approach to spot landing target in a large landing field with radio guidance on approach from CFI on launch and TI in the landing field. Student was instructed to get feet down early to overcome difficulty getting out of harness. Student was approaching with too much brake and stalled glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 13.04.2018 (E6146)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 600 hours (30 hours) 400 flights (14 flights)	Location North Luffenham, Oakham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Hill pilot on tow conversion. When line slackened for pilot to correct drift, drogue parachute started twisting/spinning. When releasing from the line, the tow bridal had twisted around the ring preventing the line from being released. Pilot successfully "S"-ed off height and landed without incident. Knott in drogue line found to be cause.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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