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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 03.12.2017 (E5440)	Pilot Male Age: 20 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 3 hours (3 hours) 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, South Downs, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Caypso Launch Type: Foot	Summary Hang glider pilot had mid-air collision with paraglider pilot while ridge soaring in busy conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.12.2017 (E5514)	Pilot Male Flying Experience: 22 years	Location Pilling, Lancs, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco NRG Pro Launch Type: Powered Engine: Apco, Air Comfort	Summary Pilot lost control of glider while flying at low altitude and crashed into ploughed field.	Injury Pilot: Fatal, Internal Injuries
Date 28.11.2017 (E5435)	Pilot Female Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 500 hours (60 hours) (60 flights)	Location Selsley Common, Gloucestershire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot reverse launched glider but was kited sideways into and over a bush. Pilot was thrown heavily to ground landing on her arm.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 27.11.2017 (E5434)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 9 years	Location Bornos, Bornos, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was attempting first forward launch and fell forward landing on his hand.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 19.11.2017 (E5425)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 9 years 8 flights (8 flights)	Location Ditchling Beacon, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot	Summary On 5th 'maintaining course and airspeed' flight launch student applied excessive right hand brake, initiating a turn to the right without leaving the ground. He fell over, put out his right hand and on striking an anthill, breaking his wrist.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 19.11.2017 (E5424)	Pilot Female Age: 34 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 165 hours (30 hours) 360 flights	Location N/A, N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3	Summary After flying, pilot was packing away and noticed parachute pins were fully released and parachute was being held in only by velcro. During pre-flight check the pilot had checked parachute handle but had not lifted flap to check pins.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.11.2017 (E5423)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Flying Experience: 9 years (16 hours) 16 flights (16 flights)	Location Swyre, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bruce Goldsmith Design Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student stalled glider while on approach and landed on his back.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.11.2017 (E5432)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 25 hours 20 flights	Location Bornos Lake, Bornos Cadiz, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost balance on launch having recovered from small frontal collapse then fell forward dislocating his shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 11.11.2017 (E5414)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 336 hours (2 hours) 685 flights (3 flights)	Location Mam Tor NW face, Edale, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched in strong winds and could not penetrate forwards. Pilot landed on top but was then dragged across the ground, hitting the remains of a wall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.11.2017 (E5394)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 95 hours (21 hours) 200 flights (33 flights)	Location N/A, Manali, India Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sinking air while on final approach and at 3m agl. Pilot hit boulder.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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