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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 11.09.2007 (B4207)	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P	Location Llangollen, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On launch, wing came up unevenly resulting in the pilot being dragged.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 09.09.2007 (B4206)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Novice	Location Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pegas Arcus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student struggled to ground glider after good flight and landing. Was then pulled over.	Injury Pilot: Torn muscle
Date 08.09.2007 (B4205)	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Hells Mouth, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student stumbled when turning to regain control of wing that had gone off to one side during reverse launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow, knee ligament damage
Date 06.09.2007 (B4204)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Tailbridge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Skywalk Meskal 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: black devil	Summary Having released control handle to adjust seat, pilot noticed that prop had severed control handle causing some damage to prop.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.09.2007 (B4203)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was caught out by gust during reverse launch which dragged him back into a parked car before glider brought under control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.09.2007 (B4202)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Arcane Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 27.08.2007 (B4201)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Cambridge aerotow, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot flew too far down wind and was caught out by rotor from building. Pilot was preoccupied with attempting to dump 1m of line having earlier had a weak link failure in thermic air.	Injury Pilot: Cut chin
Date 26.08.2007 (B4198)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot went off-line on tow and crashed into trees.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 26.08.2007 (B4199)	Pilot Male Rating: Novice	Location Truleigh Hill Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary While on launch run during a forward launch, canopy suffered asymmetric and pulled student over onto shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicle
Date 26.08.2007 (B4200)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: P	Location Corndon, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Trango 2.1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot fell out of thermal while close to hillside and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, internal injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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