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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 20.05.2007 (B4156)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus	Summary Pilot was sat down clipped in with wing laid out as wind was v light. Sudden gust of 25mph and 90 degrees off prevailing, lifted glider and pulled pilot down slope.	Injury Pilot: 2 fr vertebra, fr ribs, punc lung.
Date 20.05.2007 (B4157)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Xc132 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary On running down hill for take off in light conditions, A frame clipped hill and caused glider to nosedive into hill damaging the upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.05.2007 (B4155)	Pilot Female Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Cabo Santa Pola, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Primax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched glider in strong gusty conditions. Glider jerked violently to one side causing shoulder damage before pilot was dragged.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 07.05.2007 (B4154)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Kobala, Slovenia Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse resulting in spiral with risers crossed. Deployed emergency chute which became tangled with main glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr ribs
Date 05.05.2007 (B4152)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Glyders, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot has no recollection of incident due to head injury.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, concussion, bruising
Date 05.05.2007 (B4153)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Glyders, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Magic Fr3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse in turbulent conditions. Glider recovered with cravatte leading to spiral. pilot deployed emergency chute but landed among rocks sustaining bruising.	Injury Pilot: Bruises
Date 04.05.2007 (B4151)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider went off-line slightly on tow. Student did not release A frame when glider struck ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 02.05.2007 (B4150)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: FLPA	Location West Cowick, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, Top 80 1250	Summary Pilot released brake to get into seat. Brake handle contacted prop causing minor damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.04.2007 (B4149)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Coniston Old Man, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flared on landing in breeze and was lifted back up and dumped in gully.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, cut hand
Date 28.04.2007 (B4148)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Mundesley, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Grid Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach in strong conditions and landed on car roof.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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