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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 01.04.2023 (E29718)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years (25 flights)	Location Aglou, Aglou, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Shortly after take off on a downwind beat on a ridge soaring flight, pilot collided with a boulder on the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 01.04.2023 (E28644)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 26 years 4000 hours (50 hours)	Location Firle, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot and passenger were dragged on launch after falling over. It was discovered that the P2's foot had gone through the foot loop on the pilot's flying suit, causing then to fall over.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 19.03.2023 (E28496)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 150 hours (10 hours) 50 flights (15 flights)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota DLS Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to put leg through leg loop one fastening new harness. Pilot took off and slipped down through harness to hang by arms. Pilot rotated into the hill having let go of one of the brakes due to it being twisted causing a weight shift turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 15.03.2023 (E28460)	Pilot Male Age: 63 Flying Experience: 11 years 250 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (100 flights)	Location The Warren, Capel le Ferne, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in gusty conditions. Landed OK and then failed to control wing after being hit by a strong gust. Lost balance and was dragged to boundary of field. Wing impacted a large pile of rubble and sustained significant damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.03.2023 (E28392)	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Newhaven cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot	Summary Red ribbon pilot lost control of glider while attempting to launch. Pilot was dragged into wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 05.03.2023 (E28436)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Speed wing Flying Experience: 5 years 200 flights (100 flights)	Location Coignafearn, Highlands, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Swing Mirage 2 rs Launch Type: Foot	Summary Just after take off pilot carried out barrel roll. Once out of the roll, pilot carried out a further barrel roll but had misjudged the available height. Pilot crashed at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 04.03.2023 (E28332)	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 48 hours (5 hours) 135 flights (15 flights)	Location Gardenstown, Gardenstown, Aberdeen, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Duster Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed on the edge of breaking surf. Glider quickly became filled with water and sand. Pilot disconnected and dragged glider ashore.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.02.2023 (E28296)	Pilot Rating: CP	Location Big Fat Repack, Aldershot, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: N/A Launch Type: Foot	Summary Following deployment at a repacking event, pilot found that the handle had become torn during the deployment. The seam holding the handle to the deployment back had ruptured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.02.2023 (E28280)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years	Location Big Fat Repack, Aldershot, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During Big Fat repack, pilot found it extremely difficult to deploy his parachute from the Gin Genie Lite 2 harness, even with multiple pulls. System was correctly packed and installed. Harness zips did not fully open.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.02.2023 (E28576)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 33 years 315 hours (25 hours) 426 flights (13 flights)	Location El Penon, Valle de Bravo, Mexico Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched from mountain take-off and proceeded to fasten harness zip. In doing so pilot entered a gentle left turn and also slowed glider. Pilot entered a stalled left turn and collided with trees, falling to the ground below.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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