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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 01.07.2006 (B4056)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Filey, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Syntax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot decided to land short of normal landing area to gathering children. Collided with parked car on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.07.2006 (B4057)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made poor approach resulting in the need to S off excess height. Glider stalled and landed heavily.	Injury Unknown
Date 29.06.2006 (B4055)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off in light conditions and lost height making landing field impossible. Tried fly on wall landing but wheels caught on rough ground breaking both uprights and pilots arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 28.06.2006 (B4054)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location L Bohinj, Slovenia Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pliot nearly drowned having landed in a lake following siv manoeuvre.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.06.2006 (B4053)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Saltburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot got caught out by turbulence having got low while soaring close in on a coastal site. Crashed into rocks. .	Injury Pilot: Fr t12 ,t11 and l1 vertebra
Date 24.06.2006 (B4050)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student caught foot on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 24.06.2006 (B4051)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Nont Sarahs, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Confidence Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off into gusting and fluctuation conditions resulting in a loss of height and pilot landing on rock. Wind then took glider and pulled pilot down rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Spr l wrist, ankle and knee. dislo r wrist
Date 24.06.2006 (B4052)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Limerstone Down, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 3-4m and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 23.06.2006 (B4048)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Intox Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse, probably due to rotor, at low level. Emergency chute deployed at 57m (190ft) and landed safely. Pilot (experienced comp pilot) had attempted to recover but noticed how fast ground was coming up!.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.06.2006 (B4049)	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot slope landed having lost lift due to wind being off hill. Glider caught by wind and pulled pilot through rocky gully.	Injury Pilot: 2 fr wrists, bruising

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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