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Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

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 13.07.2002 (B3469)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Barton Airfield Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During PG tow launch the weak link broke causing the pilot to fall backwards - as he did so the quick release mechanism hit him in the mouth breaking a tooth.	Injury Pilot: Chipped tooth- dentist filled

Date 13.07.2002 (B3470)	Pilot Unknown	Location Tow Scar, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Philion Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled whilst attempting low hop.	Injury Pilot: Stumbled and hurt right ankle- first aid applied

Date 13.07.2002 (B3471)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Sportlite 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot misjudged altitude on downwind leg of landing approach, made final turn into wind too low and was unable to complete the turn.	Injury Pilot: Both pilot and passenger went to hospital for exrays but no reported injury

Date 13.07.2002 (B3472)	Pilot Unknown	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Sportlite 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot was nable to complete the final turn into wind during the landing approach due to insufficient height - landed cross wind falling onto the passenger.	Injury Pilot: Bruise.

Date 13.07.2002 (B3473)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location North Luffenham Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley 454 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During tow launch the left control line came free from the control loop. The tow was terminated at a safe height and the pilot landed maintaining direction of launch.	Injury Pilot: Sore ankle

Date 13.07.2002 (B3474)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sportlife 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured bone in th efoot- plaster applied

Date 13.07.2002 (B3475)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Paramount Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Tow release line came undone at time of release - pilot pulled up yoke and released by hand.	Injury Unknown

Date 13.07.2002 (B3476)	Pilot Unknown	Location Back Of Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student drifted off course during forward launch, tripped and fell onto small rock.	Injury Pilot: Cut to lower shin, first aid given by instructor

Date 13.07.2002 (B3477)	Pilot Female Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot was unaware that the wind had increased. Her canopy was unable to penetrate forward, so she applied speed bar. At 20ft the canopy suffered a front tuck and the pilot fell to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder and broken collar bone,

Date 12.07.2002 (B3468)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Babadag, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airea- Session Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot waited for gap in cloud before launching from mountain - following launch he decided to try and gain height. He then became engulfed in cloud, lost orientation, and flew into the mountainside.	Injury Pilot: Two dislocated bones in left foot, severed ligaments in r foot hospital: esnaf hastanesi, fethiye

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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