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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 31.12.2004 (B3877)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Presendyt, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Act Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot was dragged and bounced while attempting to forward launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr leg
Date 28.12.2004 (B3876)	Pilot Male	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Harness airbag found to be worn (holed and delaminated) after 2 years use.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.12.2004 (B3874)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P	Location Llantisilo, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Brontes Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed into rocky hill/cliff while ridge soaring. Possibly due to spin.	Injury Pilot: Head injuries
Date 11.12.2004 (B3875)	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: P	Location Lower Famara, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider at low level. Seen to be flying with half brake on approach then further turn invoked spin. Pilot was trying to land by wind sock!.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur fr ribs
Date 10.12.2004 (B3873)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bionic Bionic 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On testing a demo Bionic 2 paraglider resulted in unstable oscillation when central control line fully deployed. Glider flew ok if control line only pulled half way or less.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.12.2004 (B3872)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: Novice	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled in long grass on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 05.12.2004 (B3871)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Ii Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to keep hands high while releasing from tow line and caused glider to stall resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Dislo elbow
Date 04.12.2004 (B3870)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Novice	Location Kennel Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off line slightly but then pulled bar in on landing instead of flaring resulting in heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 14.11.2004 (B3868)	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Tug pilot landed short after engine failure and crashed into earth bank.	Injury Pilot: Minor cots and bruises, whiplash
Date 14.11.2004 (B3869)	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Perranporth Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Flame Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Glider suffered asymmetric collapse having spun at low level due to excessive control input.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs and multiple internal

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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