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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 07.06.2003 (B3656)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Aspres, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Rush Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.06.2003 (B3657)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Raf N Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Harley Paramont Pii Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2003 (B3653)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor (East), UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruising and initial winding
Date 01.06.2003 (B3654)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P	Location Folly At Maiden Newton, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Hornet Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder and right elbow ( ulna and radii).
Date 01.06.2003 (B3655)	Pilot Female Age: 24 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: Broken left humerous, bruises to left side
Date 31.05.2003 (B3650)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Aerotow-Com Aulk, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Relax Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Sprain to right wrist and a bruise on knee
Date 31.05.2003 (B3651)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Fontanile , Castelluccio, Di Norcia. Itlay, Italy Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FLYING PLANET Spirit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Vertebra compression fracture and possible cracked rib
Date 31.05.2003 (B3652)	Pilot Male Age: 22 Rating: Novice	Location Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken ankle
Date 30.05.2003 (B3647)	Pilot Female Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Laragne, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle 145 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Two fractured arms.
Date 30.05.2003 (B3648)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: AP	Location Repack, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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