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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 05.04.2009 (B4327)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Tal-y-Bont, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on hill side while ridge soaring. Glider turned into hill.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to lower back
Date 05.04.2009 (B4328)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Grove, Wantage, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction 29 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Airfer, Titan	Summary Pilot dislocated knee during initial takeoff run on paramotor launch. Previous unrelated dislocations believed to have weakened knee.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated knee
Date 02.04.2009 (B4325)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Bulgaria	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Under investigation.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 31.03.2009 (B4324)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Under training	Location Darley Moor, UK	Wing Type Wing: Gin Bolero 3	Summary During first inspection of new glider a number of b line cascades were found to have been incorrectly fitted. Refitted on site by instructor.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2009 (B4323)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P	Location Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Ellus 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched aware of rain clouds in near distance. On launching was lifted 50-70ft by gust and was unable to penetrate using bar and ears. Prepared for inevitable rotor landing and carried out plf falling from 20-25ft.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel
Date 22.03.2009 (B4320)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Under training	Location The Terrace, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student collided with ridge while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 22.03.2009 (B4321)	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Stratus 7 GS Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered large asymmetric collapse at low level on windy, turbulent day. Collapse turned into cascade and pilot deployed emergency chute. Chute opened just prior to impact and absorbed some of the impact energy.	Injury Pilot: Bruised pelvis
Date 22.03.2009 (B4322)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Batcombe, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Cobra M Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while on approach to top land in windy and turbulent conditions. Glider entered spiral and pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr l3 and t12 vertebrae
Date 21.03.2009 (B4318)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location White Horse, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While ridge soaring pilot applied speed bar when the upper pulley on riser failed rendering speed bar inoperable.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2009 (B4319)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Liddington, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level while facing away from the hill. Glider turned 180 degrees during recovery and pilot impacted hill.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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