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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 18.09.2003 (B3737)	Pilot Unknown	Location Clough Head, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Unknown pilot rotored in after getting blown back.	Injury Pilot: Fractured tibia and fibula.
Date 17.09.2003 (B3735)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed while flying fast close to the hill. Showing off!	Injury Pilot: Fractured vertebra, t12.
Date 17.09.2003 (B3736)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Pilgrims Farm, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Lift 26 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student encountered sink prior to landing and landed heavily without PLF.	Injury Pilot: Possible tendon/ligament damage.
Date 14.09.2003 (B3733)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Tow Scar, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Pheron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew into cliff face.	Injury Pilot: Dl wrist, burns and bruises.
Date 14.09.2003 (B3734)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Moel Acre, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vulcan Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Airprox with helicopter.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.09.2003 (B3732)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Beachy Head, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted 360 to close to the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr right ankle
Date 09.09.2003 (B3731)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird A Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Airprox with helicopter.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.09.2003 (B3729)	Pilot Male	Location Edenfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Astral Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot (non-BHPA) blown back into rotor on top of hill landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unspecified back injuries, suspected not to be severe. airlifted.
Date 07.09.2003 (B3730)	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: Novice	Location Pilgrims Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ADG Havane Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student twisted ankle either while running at launch or on landing.	Injury Pilot: Sprained right ankle.
Date 06.09.2003 (B3728)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP	Location Chabre, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Syncro Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was inadvertantly lifted off ground while ground handling and fell on bush which pierced thigh.	Injury Pilot: Leg impaled by branch. soft tissue damage. entered left leg at thigh, exit above knee.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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