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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.

If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).

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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 04.01.2010 (B4407)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type	Summary On inspecting paramotor unit, pilot found significant wear to double D shackle caused by cantilever effect.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.12.2009 (B4405)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Attempting to bottom land the pilot flew into orographic cloud and became disoriented. Pilot collided with a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.12.2009 (B4406)	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: P	Location High and Over, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Brontes Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed heavily while still turning into wind.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 10.12.2009 (B4404)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Dunstable Downs, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot got pulled back while attempting to collapse his wing in gusty conditions. Wing eventually came down over two passers-by causing one of them to sustain a cut mouth.	Injury Pilot: Cut gum/lip
Date 08.12.2009 (B4403)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P	Location Nuthurst, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Synthesis Launch Type: Powered Engine: MiniPlane	Summary On landing, clip on pilots glove (for holding gloves together) became caught on cage netting. Pilot could not release brake. Landed safely and cut glove clips off!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.11.2009 (B4402)	Pilot Male	Location Isle of Wight, UK Wind Strength: + 48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Voodoo Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Untrained pilot launched glider in very strong winds while attached to a landrover by a length of rope. Glider rose quickly before being ripped off pilot by the wind. Pilot fell sustaining serious back injuries.	Injury Pilot: Multiple spinal fractures
Date 15.11.2009 (B4401)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP	Location Ben Bhraggie, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airborne Fun 190 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Wind dropped and pilot decided to bottom land. Discovered harness zip jammed so decided to land on wheels. Landed ok but one wheel hit hole and stopped abruptly.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder
Date 14.11.2009 (B4400)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: Under training	Location Agrougour, Morocco Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot collided with rocky outcrop while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 05.11.2009 (B4399)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Nigels, Morocco Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while ridge soaring. Harness chest strap set to 52cm.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 01.11.2009 (B4398)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Allegra	Summary Pilot noticed excessive wear on brake line pulley (attached to riser) making it possible to jam brake line.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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