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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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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 30.05.2009 (B4348)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Almenara, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Eagle Flight Genie Launch Type: Powered Engine: AV8ER, Observer Lite	Summary Whilst on a powered cross country flight the brummels connecting the speed system on the left side vibrated loose. The pilot was able to prevent the line from contacting the prop and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.05.2009 (B4346)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Col de Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse having decided to continue launch with glider not fully flying.	Injury Pilot: Bruised and scraped leg.
Date 24.05.2009 (B4343)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was unable to take avoiding action when another pilot turned in front of him during a competition. Glider stalled on collision and pilot impacted ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back.
Date 24.05.2009 (B4344)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Lambourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Fusion 26 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Macro	Summary Pilot crashed on launch causing broken leg. Crash also caused prop to puncture fuel tank resulting in explosion and fire. Swift action of CFI with extinguishers prevented more serious injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib, burns to arms
Date 24.05.2009 (B4345)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was involved in mid-air collision with another paraglider but was able to make a safe landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.05.2009 (B4342)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location St Cyrus, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by sink having taken off into a thermal. Pilot attempted steep slope landing but hit shoulder on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder, cuts.
Date 16.05.2009 (B4341)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Ceret, France Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot did not carry out proper pre-flight checks and failed to notice brake line snag resulting in severe turn and loss of glide. Pilot landed in tree.	Injury Pilot: Bruised arm and shins
Date 11.05.2009 (B4340)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location La Charbe, France Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 145 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot rigged glider incorrectly resulting in severe right turn. Pilot managed to get glider down to landing area but lost control when moving to uprights to land. Glider turned and crashed into tree.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated elbow
Date 04.05.2009 (B4339)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zoom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed while attempting ridge run in windy and turbulent conditions. At the time of the crash the wind had increased to 20 plus mph and was significantly off the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrists, elbow and pelvis
Date 02.05.2009 (B4338)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Under training	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Paratech P25 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to follow flight plan and attempted to soar ridge. Got blown back and turned downwind before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vetrebrae

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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