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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 17.06.2006 (B4047)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Novice	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tempus Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student failed to follow flight plan or instruction and flew into tree.	Injury Pilot: Scratches and bruising
Date 16.06.2006 (B4046)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed cross wind in light conditions and landed faster than expected.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 15.06.2006 (B4045)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student completed flight plan and landed but twisted ankle on tussock during landing.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 14.06.2006 (B4043)	Pilot Male	Location West Runton, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot clipped sea defense while on landing approach having misjudged wind gradient. .	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 14.06.2006 (B4044)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Pandy, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Safir 2000 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered large symmetric collapse at low level while on approach to slope landing. Caught out by rotor caused by wind being well off the slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr vertebra
Date 12.06.2006 (B4042)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P	Location Chabre, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bliss Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Comp pilot got low over trees looking for lift. Hit sink and landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.06.2006 (B4040)	Pilot Male Age: 17 Rating: Novice	Location Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Paracommander Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Student had fast landing and landed with feet apart.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib & fib
Date 11.06.2006 (B4041)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: AP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse immediately after take off. Glider recovered asymmetrically and crashed into slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr l2 vertebra, internal injuries
Date 10.06.2006 (B4039)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Mere Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot failed to maintain proper airspeed while on approach having been object fixated by obstacles in landing field.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus, cheek and knee
Date 08.06.2006 (B4038)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot entered flat spin attempting to turn tight and slow in weak lift. Threw emergency chute immediately and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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