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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 27.09.2009 (B4387)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Hang Glider Rigid Wing: Flight Design Exxtacy Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary While rigging rigid hang glider the wind lifted one wing which then swung round and dropped on the head of the pilots daughter.	Injury Pilot: Bang to head
Date 26.09.2009 (B4386)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Eden 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot flew into sinking air while low over trees. Landed in tree tops.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.09.2009 (B4385)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Worcester Beacon, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on final approach. Glider then spun and pilot landed in tree unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.09.2009 (B4383)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While pilot was coming in to land and at approx 5m above the ground another pilot attempted to launch directly in front. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.09.2009 (B4384)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot carried out normal slope landing but experienced pain. Suspects aggravation of leg injury sustained week previous.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 18.09.2009 (B4382)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider at 5m on final approach landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 12.09.2009 (B4381)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Lisdillon, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution Launch Type: Powered Engine: H&E, R120	Summary Whilst cruising under power at 1950ft the bolt holding the left hand hangpoint attachment arm sheared. The pilot was able, with extreme difficulty, to hang on the the riser and execute a forced landing with minimal damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.09.2009 (B4380)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Pontlottyn, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot mistimed first ever upslope landing. Flying too slow, possible stall. Glider nosed in.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 09.09.2009 (B4379)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst walking to lower, less windy take off with glider bunched over shoulder, glider reinflated and dragged pilot back up and over launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, fibula and patella.
Date 08.09.2009 (B4378)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Under training	Location Bissane, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Everest Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stalled glider at 20m having overcorrected final turn into wind.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising, possible pulled thigh muscle.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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