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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 30.04.2008 (B4247)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Cennes, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot entered locked in spiral at low level and could not recover in time.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 25.04.2008 (B4246)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Monte Grappa, Italy Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Wing: Airwave Sport 3	Summary Pilot got caught out by severe gust front but was eventually able to land uninjured despite being dragged.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2008 (B4244)	Pilot Female Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 24 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to carry out pre-flight check and took off without chest/leg straps fastened. On instruction from ground, pilot released controls and hooked arms over harness. Landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2008 (B4245)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P	Location Butser Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Rocket Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged turn and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Mild concussion, bruising.
Date 08.04.2008 (B4243)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Usk airstrip, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off-line during hand tow. Line released and student landed awkwardly.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 03.04.2008 (B4242)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: Novice	Location Nigels Ridge, Morocco Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Muse 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student had small asymmetric collapse on launch run. Recovered but attempted to take off with insufficient airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, scrapes, bruises.
Date 18.03.2008 (B4241)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot mushed glider into land but glider stalled then spun from about 2m. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 13.03.2008 (B4240)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric at low level.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae, fr rib.
Date 01.03.2008 (B4239)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: FLPA	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania Revolution 26 Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, ROS 100	Summary Pilot heard noise and turned to see that prusik loop holding wing tip steering line had slipped allowing line to contact prop causing damage to the line. Pilot landed safely and removed both lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.02.2008 (B4238)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Agregour, Morocco Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged approach and crashed into disused building at end of landing area.	Injury Pilot: Fr legs, fr pelvis

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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