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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 13.08.2017 (E5153)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 92 hours (2 hours) 280 flights (5 flights)	Location Mendlesham, Mendlesham, Suffolk, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot was distracted and allowed nose of glider to drift upwards during winch launch. The glider went up at a high angle and the winch operator guillotined the line. The pilot pulled the bar in but caught an upright on the ground before fully in control, landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.08.2017 (E5049)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 200 hours (10 hours) 200 flights (20 flights)	Location Dunstable Downs, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was waiting to launch when a dust devil lifted him 10m into the air before dumping him in a bush.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.08.2017 (E5042)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 37 years 1200 hours (30 hours) 1300 flights (15 flights)	Location Sibson, Nuneaton, Nuneaton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: Air Design ATOS VR Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot released from aerotow when glider went off-line before getting airborne. The right wing tip touched down pulling the pilot out of the trolley causing damage to an upright.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 13.08.2017 (E5039)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: EP Flying Experience: 9 years 44 flights (44 flights)	Location Darley Moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student went off line on take-off and did not apply enough corrective control. Winch operator guillotined the line but student landed heavily having failed to counter the pendulum.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 13.08.2017 (E5046)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Flying Experience: 9 years 6 flights (12 flights)	Location Shining Tor, Macclesfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student encountered thermal while doing short hop. Glider suffered frontal collapse and student landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 11.08.2017 (E5450)	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 19 years 700 hours (80 hours) 1000 flights (40 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had taken off in changing wind conditions and with the sea breeze coming in. While low in front of the hill attempting to thermal out, the pilot experienced turbulence and suffered a 50% asymmetric collapse. Due to low height the pilot was unable to regain control before crash landing on the road below.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 10.08.2017 (E5034)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed out in non-crop, non-stock field after BPC task and was assaulted by farmer who drove over pilot's wing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.08.2017 (E5053)	Pilot Male Age: 15 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 45 hours (17 hours) 85 flights (26 flights)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton,East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off towards a thermal but got speed system caught up in stirrup. Pilot was flying towards another pilot and was unsure what to do as he felt he could not turn. Pilots narrowly missed each other then pilot was able to untangle speed system and continue flying.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.08.2017 (E5010)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 140 hours (3 hours) 200 flights (3 flights)	Location Pena Negra, Piedrahita, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot entered strong sink and was unable to make intended landing field. Pilot stalled from 4m while attempting to miss perimeter stone wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 29.07.2017 (E4977)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years 2000 hours (67 hours) 1000 flights (35 flights)	Location Milk Hill, White Horse, Nr Marlborough, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot slope landed but did not collapse the glider quickly enough and was dragged across the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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