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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 30.01.2009 (B4307)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Las Candelas, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mojo 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, Top 80	Summary On attempting to warm up engine, pilot applied too much throttle (due to unfamiliar mechanism on hired motor) causing engine to rotate about pilots knee. Prop struck hand.	Injury Pilot: Severed index and middle fingers.
Date 10.01.2009 (B4306)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Les Tieilles, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot altered approach at last minute due to glider ground handling in chosen approach path. Resulted in low turn and probable out of wind landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr t1 vertebra
Date 02.01.2009 (B4305)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Farway, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was turned into hill having encountered unexpected turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel.
Date 30.12.2008 (B4304)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Barkin Fell, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered severe sink immediately after takeoff and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder
Date 22.12.2008 (B4303)	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Hells Mouth, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot stalled glider at approx 15ft while on tow and landed heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 02.11.2008 (B4302)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: Novice	Location Ligzira, Morocco	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flying Planet Spirit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student let off brakes on shallow slope launch causing glider to dive forward and student struck boulder with foot.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 26.10.2008 (B4301)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: AP	Location Rotang Pass, India Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu Explorer Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by change of expected wind direction on approach. Elected to land beside river as only available option. Glider landed in river and pilot was dragged into fast flowing water. Dragged 200m before able to escape.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 24.10.2008 (B4300)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Butser Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Brontes Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by drop in wind speed and elected to slope land. Pilot applied both brakes to avoid bushes but glider then dived forward and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 28.09.2008 (B4298)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Infinity Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student drifted too far back while ridge soaring and collided with stone wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr both ankles and a wrist.
Date 28.09.2008 (B4299)	Pilot Male Age: 41	Location Leadlich, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse then spiral to ground flying in increasingly windy and turbulent conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, nerve damage.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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