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Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

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 03.08.2024 (E35478)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 571 hours (105 hours) 1264 flights (86 flights)	Location Long Mynd, Shropshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Camino 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a full frontal collapse when thermalling. The paraglider re-inflated with a large cravat. The pilot deployed their emergency parachute successfully.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 31.07.2024 (E35499)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 37 hours (5 hours) 105 flights (15 flights)	Location Kettle Sings (East), Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Echo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot reverse launched their paraglider in light conditions and experienced a strong pull to the left after take-off. Straight flight could only be made with right weight-shift and application of right-hand brake. They could not detect any knot in the lines or deformation of the wing. They proceeded to the landing area and landed without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 30.07.2024 (E35457)	Pilot Unknown	Location N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 7	Summary During a routine service at a service centre, the technician identified a 2cm long reduction in thickness of a top level C suspension line (the line level which is connected directly to the wing). Further investigation revealed that there was a break in the inner (structural) core whilst the line sheath remained intact.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 29.07.2024 (E35532)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 20 hours (5 hours) 30 flights (10 flights)	Location Winchester, Winchester, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Parajet Maverick (paramotor unit)	Summary The paramotor pilot started their paramotor on the ground (not secured on their back), holding the unit with their left hand. They were struck by the propeller on their right arm and chest, causing laceration injuries.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 27.07.2024 (E35450)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 350 hours (11 hours) 150 flights (5 flights)	Location Bassano, Lavarda, Italy Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flow Fusion Light Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot flew into a small landing area in thermic conditions and lost control of the paraglider in the final stage of flight. They noted that the paraglider felt "parachutal". They made two turns to lose height and experienced rapid descent to the ground where they sustained injury upon impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 25.07.2024 (E35472)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1600 hours (15 hours) 999 flights (4 flights)	Location Àger, Sopeira, Spain Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RX5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot overshot their planned landing area and found they were not able to penetrate in the stronger than expected headwind. They elected to land on the shoulder of a hill, but got too low. They were rotored into the back of the hill, resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 21.07.2024 (E35484)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 44 hours (11 hours) 65 flights (21 flights)	Location Long Mynd, Church Stretton, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hiway Vision 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot found they were not gaining height and was concerned they would not clear the trees at the bottom of the hill. They chose to make a landing on a part of the ridge they considered fairly flat and the aircraft came to an unexpected sudden stop.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 20.07.2024 (E35420)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 292 hours (4 hours) 1371 flights (19 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Nehaven, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was ridge soaring in light conditions and caught the bottom their harness on the ground behind the cliff edge. The paraglider overflew the pilot who was dragged over the edge. The pilot came to rest on a shelf below the top of the cliff.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 19.07.2024 (E35570)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years (34 hours) (51 flights)	Location Brighstone, Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot landed heavily and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 14.07.2024 (E35410)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 300 hours (60 hours)	Location Thurnham, Kent, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot approached to slope land with speed, and sustained injury when they tripped in a rabbit hole.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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