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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 04.11.2001 (B3367)	Pilot Female Age: 25	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Xix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student forward launched assymetrically which caused her to fall over.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 03.11.2001 (B3366)	Pilot Female	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During an attempted forward launch the canopy inflated slightly off line, the student continued with the launch but soon realised that she was heading for a tree, she applied full brake - the wing overshot and draped itself over a tree.	Injury Unknown
Date 01.11.2001 (B3364)	Pilot Unknown	Location Dunkeswell Airfield, UK	Wing Type Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary NB Harriet emailed this in, but its not clear what the pilot was flying- sailplane, HG or PG. I gave it an IR no, but no other info came in. Tony.	Injury Pilot: Fr arms,ribs,pelvis
Date 01.11.2001 (B3365)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Various	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu	Summary Pilot adjusted the length of the speedbar to make it easier to use. Noticed that during weight shift turns the speed system was unintentionally being applied causing small collapses.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.10.2001 (B3358)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Tap O Noth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Exxtacy Large Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Flying suit material caught in the harness zip after launch the piulot struggled to undo the zip. Was unable to burst the velcro.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.10.2001 (B3359)	Pilot Male Age: 41	Location Moel Y Cl Mynhad, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Lower back
Date 28.10.2001 (B3360)	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Moel Winion, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student was surprised by the speed of a light wind landing - tripped during landing.	Injury Pilot: Damaged right ankle.
Date 28.10.2001 (B3361)	Pilot Male	Location Suttons Corner, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Reserve parachute fell out of the students harness during an attempted forward launch.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.10.2001 (B3362)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon 25 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst ground handling a new canopy the pilot noticed that the Brummel hook connection to the speedbar had become detached. On one occasion the left control line became caught in the slot in the brummel hook.	Injury Unknown
Date 28.10.2001 (B3363)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: AP	Location Lowca, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst soaring in windy conditions with the speed bar applied the canopy suffered a 80% deflation causing the glider to turn right. The situation deteriorated with the canopy cravtting and then entering a full stall. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Severe bruising to back, ribs and knees.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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