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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 05.06.2005 (B3917)	Pilot Male	Location Formaw Hill Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Unknown pilot took off having clipped in back to front. Pilot landed safely and rectified fault.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.06.2005 (B3916)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Sportster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot overshot landing area and crashed into a parked car.	Injury Pilot: Strained elbow
Date 31.05.2005 (B3914)	Pilot Male Age: 18 Rating: Novice	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into hill while attempting a top to bottom flight with turns.	Injury Pilot: Bruised foot
Date 31.05.2005 (B3915)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Ringstead, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged site and airflow resulting in a water landing. No dry option. V lucky!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.05.2005 (B3913)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: Novice	Location Wetton, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student fractured collar bone while practicing PLFs prior to flight training.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicle
Date 17.05.2005 (B3911)	Pilot Female Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Sx2 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot stalled glider during winch launch after pushing bar out having foolishly anticipated increased winch tension that did not materialise due to mechanical failure.	Injury Pilot: Bruises and grazing.
Date 17.05.2005 (B3912)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Novice	Location Truleigh Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric collapse at 10m and hit hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel
Date 15.05.2005 (B3908)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Curium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student allowed glider to overfly on launch pulling pilot over.	Injury Pilot: Minor abrasions to face, arm and calf
Date 15.05.2005 (B3909)	Pilot Female Age: 14 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 landed heavilly on one foot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2005 (B3910)	Pilot Male Age: 65	Location Penmaen Bach, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pilot witnessed not wearing helmet.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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