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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).

All Wing Types Paraglider Flexwing Hang Glider Rigid Hang Glider Speedrider Speedflyer/Miniwing Powered PG Powered HG Other

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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 20.07.2002 (B3487)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Butser West, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Alvion Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Midair collision with model aircraft - hang glider continued to fly unaffected, model broke in impact.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.07.2002 (B3488)	Pilot Male Age: 46	Location Bell Hill, Blandford, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary HG pilot noticed PG being blown backwards towards his parked glider. PG was blown over flat HG. HG pilot caught PG tip lines deflating the canopy.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.07.2002 (B3485)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xyon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following launch the pilot took one wrap on the controls. He then encountered rising air in which he applied both controls with the intention of slowing the glider down, the result of this was that the canopy stalled. and the pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Small bite to tongue
Date 18.07.2002 (B3484)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Chabre-Larange, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Fast jet narrowly missed a hang glider soaring the ridge at 200ft. Approxi mate separation 100ft.	Injury Unknown
Date 17.07.2002 (B3482)	Pilot Male Age: 29	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird @ Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to follow radio instruction during a soaring flight which resulted in him flying too close to the hill. The student did not turn away from the hill as he got lower and collided with the slope.	Injury Pilot: Broken ankle
Date 17.07.2002 (B3483)	Pilot Unknown	Location Woldingham 2, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student encountered lift during low hop as he did so he applied some control - on instruction to release the control the pilot did so and swung forward resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 15.07.2002 (B3481)	Pilot Female Rating: CP	Location Westbury (North), UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence whilst flying downwind towards the ridge. Her canopy dived forward and impacted some trees.	Injury Pilot: Neck and leg stiffness
Date 14.07.2002 (B3478)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Elidir, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bibeta Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During attmpted tandem launch the pilot and passenger tripped and fell onto stoney ground.	Injury Pilot: Slight custs and bruising one stitch required
Date 14.07.2002 (B3479)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Metfield, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java 155 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Whilst releasing from a tow launch the tow release pin penetrated the pilots gloveless finger - the pilot had his hand in a position in front of the release which he operated with his palm.	Injury Pilot: Deep cut to the finger,
Date 14.07.2002 (B3480)	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: La Mouette Topless Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Inexperienced pilot misjudged landing approach, narrowly avoided collision with parked cars. Bent upright and heart bolt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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