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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 26.08.2023 (E32362)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 41 years 1000 flights (4 flights)	Location South Cerney, Swindon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Green Dragons Focus Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot landed awkwardly on inflated target mat during accuracy competition damaging ankle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 25.08.2023 (E32214)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Flying Experience: 9 years 500 hours (50 hours) 1000 flights (20 flights)	Location UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flare Moustache Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot tripped while ground handling and dislocated shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 24.08.2023 (E33150)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 650 hours (38 hours) 400 flights (32 flights)	Location Plan Praz, Chamonix, France Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot caught out in very strong Lee side conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.08.2023 (E32198)	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 7 hours (5 hours) 60 flights (41 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Aya 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost height while coastal soaring at a cliff site. Pilot was forced to land in the sea but was able to get themselves to a small area of beach, from which they were rescued.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.08.2023 (E32010)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 120 hours (6 hours) (8 flights)	Location Eype, Bridport, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Punk Launch Type: Foot	Summary While coastal soaring pilot strayed behind cliffs into an area of rotor turbulence. Pilot attempted to get forward but suffered an asymmetric collapse at low level and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.08.2023 (E32402)	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 12 hours (8 hours) 40 flights (20 flights)	Location Gozd, Gozd, Slovenia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and flew into turbulent air. Pilot lost height and crashed into a tree.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 09.08.2023 (E31686)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 50 hours (3 hours)	Location London Colney Microlight Club, Hatfield, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot reverse launched but wing came up to one side. Pilot applied power thinking they could correct the wing, but stumbled and was pulled over onto the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis
Date 04.08.2023 (E31570)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 10 hours (23 hours) 23 flights (23 flights)	Location Bell Hill, Blandford, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On a windy day the pilot walked down the slope to take off in lighter winds. On launching the pilot was lifted off with twisted risers into stronger conditions. Pilot was able to untwist but could not penetrate and was blown back onto a barb wire fence. Pilot was wearing two jackets which prevented serious injury on the barbed wire.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.08.2023 (E31538)	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4	Summary During annual inspection, damage / tears was spotted under the stiffening rods at the leading edge across numerous cells. The pilot spent lockdown in Morocco (rocky takeoffs) and it is suspected the tears were caused by abrasion of the stiffening rods against the terrain.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2023 (E32526)	Pilot Male Age: 74 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 51 years (11 flights)	Location UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RX Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made good takeoff but encountered turbulence while transferring hand to the base bar. Glider pitched up and stalled. With limited ground clearance pilot crashed into the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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