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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 20.09.2023 (E33146)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 2 hours (2 hours) 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Le Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot did not notice during checks that speed bar line was caught in right leg strap. Pilot had to fly with full brake to keep control. On approach glider had asymmetric collapse then spin and stall. Pilot landed in pine trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 16.09.2023 (E32918)	Pilot Female Age: 64 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 17 hours (9 hours) 51 flights (22 flights)	Location Col de la Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Eazy 2 SL Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach having not factored in the valley wind and having taken a different approach path. Pilot landed short of the emergency landing area in the lake.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.09.2023 (E33878)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 40 hours (5 hours) 80 flights (15 flights)	Location High and Over, South Downs, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot applied too much brake on landing in breezy conditions Pilot was lifted and blown back into a fence before landing heavily on the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.09.2023 (E33358)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 500 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Chabre lower south, Chabre, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and immediately encountered strong lift. Pilot lost control and crashed heavily on the side of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 13.09.2023 (E32758)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years	Location Sopot BG, Sopot BG, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had heavy top landing while thermalling in mountains.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 13.09.2023 (E32990)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 803 hours (19 hours) (30 flights)	Location Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height on approach and encountered stronger than expected head wind. Pilot landed short of intended landing area and stuck an exposed rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 11.09.2023 (E33106)	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 280 hours (4 hours) 450 flights (7 flights)	Location Sopot, Sopot, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height while ridge soaring mountain. Pilot ran out of safe landing options and landed crosswind in bushes.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.09.2023 (E33190)	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 552 hours	Location Newhaven, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: +45 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by increasing wind and was blown back on full bar. Pilot landed going backwards on concrete area of beach and was dragged.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.09.2023 (E32566)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: NPPL microlight. BHPA Club Pilot + hill, power rating, senior coach, microlight permit. Flying Experience: 38 years 325 hours (7 hours) 433 flights (11 flights)	Location Take off from Rossall Airfield, Cockerham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: BIERINX J AND DUGOURD M POU DU CIEL - BIFLY Launch Type: Powered Engine: Rotax, 447	Summary Pilot suffered engine out on approach and had to make an emergency landing in alternative field. 30cm grass caught on wheels causing the aircraft to flip upside down.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Pelvis
Date 06.09.2023 (E33686)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 1000 hours (54 hours) 1000 flights (47 flights)	Location Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent air while thermalling and glider suffered full frontal resulting in a cravat spiral. Pilot was unable to regain control sp deployed emergency parachute. Pilot descended into forest canopy then fell through trees to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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