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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 03.06.2004 (B3806)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: Novice	Location Swyne Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flared too late and caught leg under harness on landing,.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 03.06.2004 (B3807)	Pilot Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student found himself 6m in the air on farward launch ground handle practice. Stalled glider and landed heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2004 (B3804)	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Arrangement of loops and eyelets on harness prevented emergency chute from deploying during repack.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2004 (B3805)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot noticed at take off that a riser maillon was stretched and lines had come out, probably on previous flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.05.2004 (B3803)	Pilot Male Age: 31	Location Nont Sarahs, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was ground handling glider after landing. Snagged line and was flung onto rocks.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 30.05.2004 (B3802)	Pilot Male Age: 35	Location UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Kimfly River Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Mid air collision resulting in serious injury to one of the pilots. Pilot 1 turned at end of ridge and collided with pilot 2 who was following. Neither were seen to take avoiding action.	Injury Pilot: Fr back, fr ribs
Date 29.05.2004 (B3800)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P	Location Colley Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 6m ato in gusty, turbulent conditions and was unable to recover glider before hitting the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs
Date 29.05.2004 (B3801)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot turned too tight due to proximity to hill. Probably caused spin then stalled in trying to recover surge.	Injury Pilot: Bruising, cracked rib
Date 25.05.2004 (B3798)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P	Location Agy, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had to take avoiding action when on finals to avoid collision with another paraglider that had been carrying out 360s low to the ground. Turning sharply to avoid the collision caused the glider to dive and the pilot pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 25.05.2004 (B3799)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student applied erratic control input at 6m above ground. Canopy stalled and student landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, vertebra and pelvis

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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