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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 15.01.2006 (B3997)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Under training	Location Ontur, Spain Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot failed to properly correct a turn having released from the aerotow line at 100ft and crashed at speed.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 10.01.2006 (B3996)	Pilot Female Age: 39	Location South Africa	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Handle on FreeX tow release became detached as pilot tried to release from winch line. Pilot released ok by pulling wire instead and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.01.2006 (B3995)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Sierra Nevada, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tempest Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot over controlled glider while attempting to land in a tricky landing area. Glider dived towards ground - pilot saved further injury by PLF.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib
Date 20.12.2005 (B3994)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Heresfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Urraco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and caught wing tip in tree resulting in crash landing. Plf saved injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.12.2005 (B3993)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Mala, Lanzarote, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged landing approach and landed on parked hang glider.	Injury Pilot: Bruised hip, grazed hand
Date 23.11.2005 (B3992)	Pilot Male Age: 22 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed awkwardly and sprained ankle.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 22.11.2005 (B3991)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse on approach at approx. 50ft due to rotor from building. Glider then entered rapid spiral into ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertabra
Date 20.11.2005 (B3990)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught out by wave and suffered asymmetric collapse. Turned 180 degrees in recovery and crashed into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib
Date 13.11.2005 (B3989)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location North Hill, Minehead, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot landed heavily on light wind landing but did not let go of the uprights breaking both arms.	Injury Pilot: Fr arms
Date 31.10.2005 (B3988)	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: Novice	Location Gelli Gaer, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student lost control of glider while ground handling and was pulled over.	Injury Pilot: Grazed knees

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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