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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 22.09.2001 (B3344)	Pilot Unknown	Location Rudlers North, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student attempted to run off excess speed during slope landing, turned ankle on rough ground.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle.
Date 22.09.2001 (B3345)	Pilot Male Age: 21 Rating: CP	Location France	Wing Type Unknown	Summary The zipper holding the back section of a Lubin TX 11 harness burst during flight.	Injury Unknown
Date 22.09.2001 (B3346)	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Firle, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Ruptured tendon, right leg.
Date 22.09.2001 (B3347)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Tintin Epidavros, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bandit Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilkot misjudged his landing approach resulting in him overshooting into some trees.	Injury Pilot: Fr (l) humerus, bruised rib, bruised (l) thigh.
Date 21.09.2001 (B3343)	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Montmin, Col De La Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Act Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pink Nova fabric tore easily . The glider was three years old and had been flown for 79 hours.	Injury Unknown
Date 18.09.2001 (B3342)	Pilot Unknown	Location UK	Wing Type Wing: Moyes Xtralight	Summary Two carbon fibre dive sticks broke in separate incidents, one on an extacy the other an xtralight sx2.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.09.2001 (B3341)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot failed to execute an emergency canopy collapse following an aborted forward launch. Part of the canopy contacted the motor causing damage to the lines and prop.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.09.2001 (B3340)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Sourton Tor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into a rocky outcrop during an extended top to bottom flight. .	Injury Pilot: Two broken legs.
Date 10.09.2001 (B3339)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour	Summary Batten trapped under the mylar leading edge caused severe turn in flight, pilot didnt realise until hed landed.	Injury Unknown
Date 09.09.2001 (B3338)	Pilot Male Age: 44	Location Scottish Aerotow Centre, Thornhill., UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Following a tow release at 400ft the pilot initiated a 360 degree turn. Before completing the turn he realised that he was very low, and so tried to tighten the turn. The canopy left wingtip then stalled and the canopy spun into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr (r) tibia

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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