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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 17.09.2006 (B4087)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Warren Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Glider overshot student during reverse inflation then collapsed. Glider reinflated pulling student over and injuring foot.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 10.09.2006 (B4085)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP	Location Tegelberg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made course correction on final approach to ensure separation from paraglider pilot. Stalled one wing in turn due to insufficient airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 10.09.2006 (B4086)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot went off course on landing approach due to turbulence. Glider wing tip struck tug pilot who was standing just off the runway with other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruising to head, sprained arm
Date 09.09.2006 (B4084)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Thorn Hill, Stirling, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot landed in rough ground just short of landing field having hit sink and struggled with a jammed harness zip.	Injury Pilot: 3 fr vertebrae, fr ribs
Date 07.09.2006 (B4083)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location White Rocks, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in sea and was seen to attempt to recover glider rather than swim clear. Pilot subsequently drowned.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 02.09.2006 (B4082)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Thoran B, France Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot hit turbulence just prior to landing having crossed goal line in very strong and gusty conditions.	Injury Pilot: Torn tissue in shoulder
Date 01.09.2006 (B4081)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Luchon, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot crashed into building while on approach to landing. Suffered serious back injuries possibly exacerbated by presence of non-flexible items and water container in harness back pocket.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae t8 - t12
Date 26.08.2006 (B4080)	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Thorney Island, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Eiff Classic Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot fell off landing mat when reaching for target, legs outstretched, impacting ground with lower back.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 24.08.2006 (B4078)	Pilot Female Age: 19 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr Common, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student began launch but released risers too soon. Student was pulled over temporarily dislocating shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 24.08.2006 (B4079)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Novice	Location Golden Bowl, Isle Of Wight, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot on hill conversion course turned wrong way on reverse launch and twisted risers. Pilot was lifted by gust and dumped heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Bruised arm and back

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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