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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 21.09.2008 (B4297)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider attempting low level turn having run out of landing options.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.09.2008 (B4295)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Loose Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse at low level and landed in tree having come very close to another pilot who had hit severe sink.	Injury Pilot: Facial lacerations, injured knee, neck pain.
Date 20.09.2008 (B4296)	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: CP	Location Loose Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Summit 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered severe sink in close proximity to another (lower) glider. In sinking, passed very close to other glider which subsequently collapsed and landed in a tree causing injury to the other pilot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.09.2008 (B4294)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Finsterwalder Perfex Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student inadvertently stalled glider on final approach when changing grip from base bar to uprights.	Injury Pilot: Bruising and abrasions.
Date 16.09.2008 (B4293)	Pilot Male Age: 52	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During repack, emergency parachute found to be damp with mould on inner bag. Had been stored under leaking sink for 6 months.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.09.2008 (B4292)	Pilot Female Age: 21 Rating: Novice	Location Steyning, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student was practising forward inflations when glider went off line. Student pulled muscle in leg.	Injury Pilot: Muscle pull in leg
Date 14.09.2008 (B4291)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: Novice	Location High and Over, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima II Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to flare on landing and landed awkwardly.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib and dislocated.
Date 13.09.2008 (B4289)	Pilot Female Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Liddington, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed crosswind and caught foot under harness.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 13.09.2008 (B4290)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Gully, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student went off line during low hop and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 06.09.2008 (B4288)	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Ager, Spain	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot miss-timed damping dive on exit of nose down spiral. Glider suffered 80-90% asymmetric which turned into locked in spiral. Pilot eventually recovered but on landing noticed chest strap had been ripped out of light weight harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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