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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 15.04.2010 (B4427)	Pilot Female Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Col de Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged altitude having encountered sink while crossing lake at Annecy. Landed in tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.04.2010 (B4426)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Plan Fait, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot made poor approach and made aggressive low turn in attempt to make landing area. Glider stalled and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, shoulder and rib
Date 09.04.2010 (B4425)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location Pen Cerrig, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paratech P45 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On slope landing pilots leg struck gorse bush concealing a rock.	Injury Pilot: Leg and ankle fractures
Date 04.04.2010 (B4424)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Kovek, Slovenia, Slovenia Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airborne Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary On final approach pilot hit turbulence while on uprights. Both harness buckles opened then the zip became undone. Pilot landed safely. Later inspection found buckles could release under load.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.03.2010 (B4423)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P	Location Big fat repack, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pilot found parachute impossible to deploy at BFR when it had been ok previously. Discovered it had rotated in harness causing jam. Solved by changing position of deployment handle from centre loop to side loop on deployment bag.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.03.2010 (B4422)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Under training	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student twisted ankle on landing after short, low hop.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 22.03.2010 (B4421)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Legzira, Morocco Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paramania Fusion Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider on take-off in variable wind conditions. Crashed into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder, broken ribs, punctured lung, cut eye
Date 13.03.2010 (B4420)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Coombe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed normally on slope/top landing when wing caused him to twist and fall over.	Injury Pilot: Sprained knee ligaments
Date 10.03.2010 (B4419)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Under training	Location Nigels, Morocco Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary While on a soaring task, student turned towards hill and landed heavily amongst rocks.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle, cuts and bruises to arms and legs
Date 08.03.2010 (B4418)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Blease Fell, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height immediately after take-off and struck rock on approach to landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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