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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 20.10.2005 (B3986)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Ontur, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot locked out on aerotow and crashed into hangar.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, concusion
Date 20.10.2005 (B3987)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Ontur, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Canopy developed cravat on launch and pilot pendulumed through having miscontrolled recovery.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel
Date 14.10.2005 (B3985)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location St Marc Douilly, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Promise Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered front collapse due to severe turbulence when coming in for top landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, ribs and foot
Date 12.10.2005 (B3984)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location La Chens, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot decided to land due to rain (glider wet). Put big ears in to land and on releasing ears glider entered deep stall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.10.2005 (B3983)	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: P	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flying in strong wind caught out when wind strength increased forcing tree landing.	Injury Pilot: Cut face
Date 06.10.2005 (B3982)	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flared late and had legs out straight.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 05.10.2005 (B3981)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Novice	Location Dalefoot, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flew too close to hill prior to landing approach and landed heavily in a seated position with legs outstretched.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia
Date 25.09.2005 (B3980)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed S 4.5	Summary During inspection piot discovered damaged carbon spar caused as a result of manufacturing error.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.09.2005 (B3979)	Pilot Male Age: 48	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pilot reported problems reverse launching because of prominent rear section of helmet catching in lines.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.09.2005 (B3976)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Corn Ridge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered symmetric collapse at low level in thermic conditions and crashed into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr arm

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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