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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 29.12.2001 (B3376)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Stantor, Torquay, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco Allegra Launch Type: Powered Engine: Revoloution	Summary During xc flight paramotr unit suffered failure - no details.	Injury Unknown
Date 29.12.2001 (B3377)	Pilot Male Age: 18	Location Hunstanton, UK Wind Strength: + 48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Astra	Summary Instructor attempting to demonstrate hand towing in 30mph wind in front of hill Student held the tow line whilst the Instructr assited another student who was clipped into the harness / canopy. All three were dragged back.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.12.2001 (B3375)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location Middle Wallop, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird G Sport Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Cut foot.
Date 22.12.2001 (B3374)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Nora Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtra Lite 147 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot attempted to extend a cross country flight with the result that he had limited landing options. Landed in the rotor behind a tor, and was also blinded by the low sun.	Injury Pilot: Possible fr ribs, aggravated previous hg head injury, minor bruises.
Date 14.12.2001 (B3373)	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: CP	Location At Villa In Lanzarote, Spain	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Allegra	Summary Pilot bought harness froma chief coach which was subsequently discovered to be in poor condition and unsuitable.	Injury Unknown
Date 09.12.2001 (B3372)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Chesham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Airwave Magic Iv Launch Type: Powered Engine: Mosquito	Summary PHG pilot spotted a 2 ft diameter parachute floating down 30ft away from him during a cross country flight. A long tube was attached to the parachute, which the pilot believes was from a model rocket.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.11.2001 (B3371)	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu L	Summary Pilot shortened the lines attached to the speed bar, this caused the speedbar to be applied during weight shift turns as the extra weight on the front of the harness seat would press on the speed bar.	Injury Unknown
Date 17.11.2001 (B3370)	Pilot Unknown	Location Treak Cliff, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Vision 5 Large	Summary Student misjuddged his landing appraoch and overshot into a wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle.
Date 16.11.2001 (B3369)	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During light wind forward launch pilot appeared to encounter sinking air. The student continued to run, but stepped onto uneven ground resulting in a broken ankle.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia and fibula, dl metatarsal.
Date 05.11.2001 (B3368)	Pilot Female Age: 26	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student pulled the bar in during take - off run but then didnt allow the glider to return to trim during flight. She continued to fly too fast and failed to round out during landing approach, this resulted in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Winded and bruised.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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