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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 15.06.2003 (B3671)	Pilot Male Rating: Novice	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder.
Date 14.06.2003 (B3664)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP	Location Merthyr (Wales), UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: paramac Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken collar bone
Date 14.06.2003 (B3665)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Cautley Spout, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured wrist and fractured pelvis
Date 14.06.2003 (B3666)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: Novice	Location High And Over, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruising to shoulder and grazing on head and also lip.
Date 12.06.2003 (B3662)	Pilot Male Age: 14 Rating: Novice	Location Kennel Farm Warmingham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: waterbird Magnum Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.06.2003 (B3663)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Mars Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr left arm, torn tendons in arm.
Date 10.06.2003 (B3661)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: Novice	Location Dune De Pyla, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus	Summary Student ttok glider and flew without ok from instructor. Landed in sea.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.06.2003 (B3660)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Bunster, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FLYING PLANET Spirit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.06.2003 (B3658)	Pilot Male Age: 49	Location Wheston, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo 27 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student tripped having made a successful landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower arm.
Date 08.06.2003 (B3659)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Magilligan, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Powered Engine: mosquito	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Minor rib injury (no medical aid required)

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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