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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.

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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 14.04.2002 (B3407)	Pilot Male Age: 23	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Paramount 9/ 288 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Towing. Land Rover jumped out of gear during tow launch. Ram air parachute descended rapidly from 150ft. Pilot failed to flare and landed on coccyx.	Injury Pilot: Bruised coccyx
Date 13.04.2002 (B3405)	Pilot Unknown	Location Harting, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Breeze Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot seen to be flying close to the stall with insufficient altitude.	Injury Unknown
Date 13.04.2002 (B3406)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Harting, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot failed to unzip his harness during landing approach. Landed fully zipped up with 2mph ground speed which caused the nose to drop.	Injury Unknown
Date 08.04.2002 (B3404)	Pilot Unknown	Location Himachal Pradesh, India	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot lost in Himilayas.	Injury Pilot: Missing, presumed fatally injured.
Date 05.04.2002 (B3403)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Pena Rubia, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Sapphire Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details BOI convened.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 04.04.2002 (B3402)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst performing a reverse launch the pilot became airborne during his turn - he flew the canopy forward. At 15ft the canopy suffered an asymmetric collapse and turned into the hillside, the pilot had insufficient time to correct this.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, dl right ankle.
Date 03.04.2002 (B3401)	Pilot Male	Location Dorset Coast 2m West Durdle Door. Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower back
Date 01.04.2002 (B3400)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Drayton St Leonard, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Rumour 1 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary During a tow launch the line broke whilst the glider was at a height of 1500ft. The pilot released the line which fell onto nearby pwer lines. A vehicle drove over the line draggin it over the power lines which broke.	Injury Unknown
Date 30.03.2002 (B3397)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location Mere, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Futura Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot discovered a 15 inch tear in the canopy whilst building a wall. He has no idea what caused this tear.	Injury Unknown
Date 30.03.2002 (B3398)	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Holme Next The Sea Sssi, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact 25 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Attempting to tow a paraglider behind a car the canopy locked out and the canopy was pulled into the beach severely injuring the pilot.	Injury Pilot: Fractures to: r knee, 3 or 4 lumbar vertebrae (compression) internal injuries.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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