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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 04.04.2003 (B3606)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Harting Down, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 04.04.2003 (B3607)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: Novice	Location Telegraph Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tonic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr r tibia, chipped toe.
Date 03.04.2003 (B3605)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Gelligaer, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Dislocated right shoulder
Date 31.03.2003 (B3603)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: AP	Location Mynydd Meid, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: AERODYNE Jumbe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Right fractured neck of humerus
Date 31.03.2003 (B3604)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Crows Hall, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot allowed glider to go off-line during aerotow. Possibly flying too slow.	Injury Pilot: Concussion and bruising
Date 30.03.2003 (B3601)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Low level weak link break leading to difficult landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor bruising of thumb.
Date 30.03.2003 (B3602)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: AP	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Laminar St Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs.
Date 29.03.2003 (B3600)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Sennybridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: PRIMA Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.03.2003 (B3599)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Mamtor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Muse Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken leg
Date 26.03.2003 (B3598)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 27 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Right ankle, fracture posterior maleus.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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