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Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:

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• 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 07.08.2001 (B3315)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Mission	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured (2) vertebrae (upper lumbar), possible fr ankle.
Date 07.08.2001 (B3316)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP	Location Col De La Forclaz, France	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary PG and HG flying toward each other head on. At the last moment the HG turned right to avoid a collision and the PG turned left, HG tumbled and crashed in slope.	Injury Pilot: Cuts and bruises.
Date 07.08.2001 (B3317)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Col De Forlaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Flame Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary See IR 01/089.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising, r knee and neck.
Date 04.08.2001 (B3314)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java	Summary A gust caused the glider to lift - the pilot reacted by grabbing the gliders upright and his wife held the leading edge midway along its length. They noticed that the cross tube was badly bent.	Injury Unknown
Date 02.08.2001 (B3313)	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Mittag, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary The canopy inflated unevenly during launch. The student managed to correct this but the student was now 20 degrees off his intended heading. The canopy lines scraped some ski cables located to the left of launch. Student recovered normal flight .	Injury Unknown
Date 31.07.2001 (B3311)	Pilot Unknown	Location Joint Services Equipment Inspection., UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 31.07.2001 (B3312)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Combat	Summary Pilot hit tree during landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur, concussion and loss of consciousness for more than three days, fr metacarpel.
Date 30.07.2001 (B3310)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Thurnham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr both legs, two vertebrae.
Date 28.07.2001 (B3306)	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Penmaer Beach, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Eden Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged distance from the hill and clipped a lump on it. Spevtator called emergency services, helicopter arrived although was not needed.	Injury Pilot: Sprained wrist
Date 28.07.2001 (B3307)	Pilot Male Age: 51	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Mars 2000 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student overcontrolled following tow release, student pushed out during a turn whilst low, glider stalled pilot impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, cuts to face, bruising.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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