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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 08.10.2023 (E34342)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 380 hours (33 hours) 645 flights (70 flights)	Location Nanty Moel, Nantymoel, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot encountered strong sinking air whilst attempting to turn into wind during a top landing approach in moderate thermic conditions. They experienced a large asymmetric collapse close to the ground on final approach but avoided injury as their legs were already lowered for landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.10.2023 (E33414)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 200 hours (65 hours)	Location Parlick, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary There were 10 pilots on takeoff and 2 had already flown very briefly. There was nothing unusual about the takeoff but within 1 minute it became clear that there was excessive turbulence. Pilot decided to go to the landing field at the bottom of the hill but suffered a full frontal collapse which resulted in a spiral dive into the side of the hill	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine
Date 07.10.2023 (E33362)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 7 hours (7 hours) 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Eype, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Evora Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst coastal soaring Pilot lost height so decided to head for the beach landing area. Pilot realised they would not make the landing area so opted to land in the sea rather than land on rocks. Pilot managed to drag equipment ashore.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.10.2023 (E33614)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Pilot Rating Flying Experience: 10 years 325 hours (37 hours) 600 flights (54 flights)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary In attempting to avoid tandem pilots pilot made fit landing and attempted to run off speed. Pilot suspects they caught foot on pod skirt causing bad landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 30.09.2023 (E33258)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 56 hours (23 hours) 230 flights (39 flights)	Location Beachy Head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was unfamiliar with site and was flying with adverse wind direction for top landing. Pilot encountered strong turbulence on top landing approach. 40% asymmetric collapse was controlled by the pilot. Pilot safely bottom landed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.09.2023 (E33122)	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 1200 hours (40 hours) 3000 flights (120 flights)	Location Thurnham, Maidstone, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Ikuma 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On a top landing approach pilot flew behind another glider that was also on a landing approach and got caught in its wake turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.09.2023 (E33186)	Pilot Unknown	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During a training day instructor went for an air testing flight on one of the student's gliders. As instructor clipped in they noticed a crack to the R side waist (2 part T-type) buckle.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.09.2023 (E33114)	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 1145 hours (56 hours) 2527 flights (99 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sink while ridge soaring bringing pilot into head on conflict with other pilots. Pilot was now low and travelling down wind then collided with a fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 23.09.2023 (E33218)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 200 hours (15 hours) 700 flights (50 flights)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Beat Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off into strong lift. After several seconds the glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 22.09.2023 (E33082)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 37 years 1000 hours (95 hours) (47 flights)	Location Dunstable, Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Klimber 3p Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by developing weather conditions and infringed airspace while trying to find a safe landing area.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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