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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 01.05.2009 (B4337)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 41-48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Whilst clipped in in very windy conditions the nose wires became detached. Pilot was lifted 15ft and flung backwards onto a large rock.	Injury Pilot: Strained ligaments in foot
Date 26.04.2009 (B4335)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP	Location Crete Road West, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On launching, pilot was dragged sideways across the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, fr scapula and pneumothorax.
Date 26.04.2009 (B4336)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While attempting to reverse launch pilot was lifted by gust/thermal while still facing in a rearward direction. Pilot lost control of glider and crashed from approx 10-15ft.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated ankle
Date 25.04.2009 (B4334)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P	Location Gyrn Moelfre, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by thermal while launching and was dragged into stone wall. Helmet prevented serious injury.	Injury Pilot: Bruised shoulder
Date 20.04.2009 (B4333)	Pilot Female Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Teba, Andalucia, Spain Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Logic (M) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by strong thermal gust while attached to glider on launch site. Lifted by thermal and then dragged over rocky ground.	Injury Pilot: Ruptured liver, bruises and grazing.
Date 19.04.2009 (B4332)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Quantum Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On launch the sewn end of a leg strap became entangled in the b/c lines causing a severe turn. Instructor made emergency landing without incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.04.2009 (B4331)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Gyrn Moelfre, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zoom L Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary After top landing in windy conditions the pilot turned to collapse the glider. At this point a gust came through and lifted the pilot slamming him into a parked 4x4 vehicle.	Injury Pilot: Fr l2, l3, l4, and l5. fr pelvis and sternum.
Date 12.04.2009 (B4329) Formal Report	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP	Location Corndon Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Under investigation.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 12.04.2009 (B4330)	Pilot Female Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Nant-y-Moel, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots suffered mid-air collision while ridge soaring at low level. One pilot sustained minor leg injury, the other, significant glider damage.	Injury Pilot: Pulled calf muscle
Date 05.04.2009 (B4326)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary tape loop on 3 ring circus had become larks footed around tow ring and would not release. Winch cut line and pilot managed to undo larks foot and release. Able to replicate if slack allowed in system. Pilot changed tow release.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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