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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 04.10.2017 (E5300)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour (1 hour) 5 flights (5 flights)	Location Baba Dag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Reverse Launch, asymetric collapse, wing inflated, pilot hesitated, aborted late and tripped.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 03.10.2017 (E5298)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 45 years 3000 hours (75 hours) (70 flights)	Location St Agnes, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne Fun Launch Type: Foot	Summary On landing glider entered dead air and despite having excess airspeed in preparation for expected wind shear resulted in wheeled landing. passenger now behind pilot in normal standup landing position knocked pilot on back of helmet with his own helmet on landing resulting in pilot knocking nose on basebar.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries Passenger: Unhurt
Date 02.10.2017 (E5297)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 55 hours (1 hour) 100 flights (1 flight)	Location Le Chalvet, St Andre, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Gliders Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot overshot intended out-landing point in unexpected lift whilst landing into wind on slight downhill slope. Landed under unseen power lines, glider right-side A1 and A2 lines touched power lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.09.2017 (E5246)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 20 hours (10 hours) 27 flights (9 flights)	Location Olu deniz beach, Olu deniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by changing wind direction when on approach and collided with pedestrian.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.09.2017 (E5312)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years	Location Coupe ecair, St helier, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Under pressure to launch pilot took off without thorough pre-flight check. On launching pilot discovered knot in lines. Compensating with opposite brake resulted in a stall and spin into trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 23.09.2017 (E5228)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 2 hours (2 hours) 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Beach head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot collided with a pedestrian shortly after take-off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.09.2017 (E5227)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Flying Experience: 9 years 18 flights (18 flights)	Location Muggery Bottom, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom	Summary Student was walking backwards to build wall but stepped on uneven ground and sprained ankle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.09.2017 (E5419)	Pilot Male	Location Bedlinog SW, Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was on launch phase of flight. He started to run forward, the wing rose above his head at which point he applied too much brake causing the wing to pitch behind. He then released the brake causing the wing to pitch forward a collapse symmetrically. Student twisted ankle while running.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.09.2017 (E5222)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 45 hours	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Prion 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was gliding back to the Hill and had a near miss with another Pilot who was thermalling.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.09.2017 (E5221)	Pilot Male Age: 54	Location Devil's Dyke, Sussex, UK, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Falcon Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student turned 270 degrees on final approach instead of 180 and landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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