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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 17.02.2008 (B4237)	Pilot Female Age: 26 Rating: P	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Ares Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider stalled on tow at about 60ft. Pilot landed flat on back.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, muscle damage
Date 15.02.2008 (B4236)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Panchgani, India Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot blown back into rotor and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 10.02.2008 (B4235)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Tap o Noth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot slope landed due to poor conditions but was then dragged into rock.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs
Date 28.01.2008 (B4234)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed slightly crosswind on top-landing and had to run off speed. Caught foot in hole and fractured ankle.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 27.01.2008 (B4232)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn G-force Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted a SAT but had a deflation on the opposite side that cravatted causing the wing to rotate in the opposite direction. Pilot did not have height to recover so deployed emergency chute.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 27.01.2008 (B4233)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima M Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overtook glider on launch and dived forward. Wing then dived forward and student hit ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 26.01.2008 (B4231)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Freathy, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach resulting in crash into cliffs. Pilot avoided serious injury by deliberately crashing the glider nose first and releasing the base bar prior to impact.	Injury Pilot: Cut face, bruising
Date 12.01.2008 (B4230)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location S W Ridge, Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Tiger Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and spiralled into hill. Conditions were windy and turbulent.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae, fr ribs, ruptured spleen.
Date 10.12.2007 (B4229)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location La Palma, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave FR3 proto Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot collided with lamp post then fell to ground having experienced sink while attempting a spot landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 02.12.2007 (B4228)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Elco Cheo, Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student turned wrong way on approach and ended up in lee of small hill. Landed into wind but heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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