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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 16.06.2009 (B4356)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Windbank, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was forced to top land having encountered strong sink after losing thermal. On turning to collapse glider the pilot was lifted back up then landed heavily on straight leg.	Injury Pilot: Fractured knee
Date 16.06.2009 (B4357)	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: Under training	Location Norcia, Italy Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stalled glider on landing and landed heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Fractured l2 vertebra
Date 14.06.2009 (B4354)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Barton Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Waterbird Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Launch assistant was scooped up by canopy in variable conditions and dragged before launch aborted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.06.2009 (B4355)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P	Location Middle Wallop, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot suffered rotation on tow launch. Pilot swung into ground heavily before regaining normal flight.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 12.06.2009 (B4352)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Under training	Location Woldingham SW bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student pulled leg muscle while ground handling glider.	Injury Pilot: Pulled muscle in leg
Date 12.06.2009 (B4353)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Under training	Location Woldingham SW bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student moved hands on uprights while on launch run allowing nose to drop. Glider nosed in and student swung though.	Injury Pilot: Bruised elbow
Date 04.06.2009 (B4351)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Rebel Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered symmetric collapse on launching into thermal. Collapse reinflated asymmetrically and glider turned back into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fractured wrist
Date 02.06.2009 (B4349)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Under training	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Falcon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged approach and landed heavily resulting in bent upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.06.2009 (B4350)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP	Location Morrone, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Cobra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered large asymmetric and then cravat while thermalling. Glider entered spiral and risers twisted. Pilot deployed parachute landing safely but was dragged 100m before getting parachute under control.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to ankles and calf.
Date 30.05.2009 (B4347)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: CP	Location Labrador Bay, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite 147 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot landed in sea having allowed himself to run out of landing options while coastal soaring. Pilot had been focusing on taking pictures rather than flying.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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