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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).

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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 27.07.2008 (B4276)	Pilot Female Age: 54 Rating: Novice	Location Saddlecombe, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed heavily without flaring having encountered buoyant air while on low hop flight.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle and spr ankle.
Date 27.07.2008 (B4277)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Rowl Gate, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot flew into a tree then fell through branches and hit a wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib
Date 26.07.2008 (B4275)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student forgot to flare on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 23.07.2008 (B4274)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Icaro Incanto	Summary After experiencing some unusual flight behaviour, pilot had glider checked and found several lines were up to 45mm longer than spec. Glider fine now re-trimmed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.07.2008 (B4273)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Discus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot nosed in glider having caught base bar in crop on landing. Conditions known to be gusty, turbulent and windy.	Injury Pilot: Strained arm
Date 15.07.2008 (B4271)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Col de la Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid air with another paraglider while thermalling.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.07.2008 (B4272)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Col de la Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with another paraglider while thermalling.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.07.2008 (B4270)	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: Novice	Location Rabou, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flared asymmetrically causing swing to one side and one-legged landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 17.06.2008 (B4269)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Novice	Location Gallounet, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Mescal 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student was blown back over ridge in breezy conditions and landed in a tree.	Injury Pilot: Bruising and grazes
Date 15.06.2008 (B4267)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Karma M Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student accidentally induced pitch while getting into harness just prior to slope/top landing. Did not flare enough when landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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