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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 31.05.2002 (B3437)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Le Reward, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged suitability of field for landing following a cross country flight, narrowly avoided power lines and an electric fence, and in the process caused the glider to spin 180 degrees resulting in the pilot landing heavily on his back.	Injury Pilot: Compressed l2 vertibrae- fracture; to hospital in central annecy
Date 31.05.2002 (B3438)	Pilot Male Age: 52	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Mars Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student pushed out during tow launch causing the gliders left wing to stall, the glider turned and the left wing tip hit the ground.	Injury Pilot: Bruised right leg anmd shoulder
Date 28.05.2002 (B3435)	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Paravion	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Parachute bridle shortened. When re-attached to the harness the carabiner would prize the stitching apart.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.05.2002 (B3434)	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Swyre Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird 2- One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken ulna & radius
Date 24.05.2002 (B3433)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Field, Roxton Road, Chawston, Beds, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Report received from AAIB - low level paraglider collapse.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 12.05.2002 (B3430)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Kimmeridge, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Helicopter flew low over site.	Injury Unknown
Date 12.05.2002 (B3431)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Little Atherfield Farm, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Wills Wing Eagle 164 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Doodlebug Power Unit	Summary First landing approach was too high, pilot made a second attmept which was still too high. He overshot and flew to an alternative field but flew into rotor behind a hedge causing the aircraft to stall twice before impacting the ground.	Injury Pilot: Knocked unconcious, bleeding from nose, general bruising.
Date 12.05.2002 (B3432)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Thornhill, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Xkr Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot misjudged landing approach and undershot the intended landing field. He collided with a tall bush resulting in the glider sustaining structural damage.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.05.2002 (B3427)	Pilot Female Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Bossington, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following a soaring flight the pilot flew downwind at 500ft agl to land at the car park. At 250ft the canopy suffered a major collapse. The pilot chose to throw her emergency parachute which opened immediately. She landed uninjured.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.05.2002 (B3428)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location West Firle, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Swing Mistral 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot performing 360 degree turns whilst low. During one turn the glider encountered sinking air with the result that he was unable to complete the turn, the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Cracked/fractured l1 vertibrae

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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