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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 16.12.2022 (E28388)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: NPPL Flying Experience: 39 years 300 hours (6 hours) 400 flights (10 flights)	Location Chilbolton Airfield, Andover, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Flylight Foxcub Launch Type: Powered Engine: Polini, Thor	Summary While taxiing back at the end of the flight, the pilot heard a 'thud, thud' from behind. The Foxcub SSDR has a disc brake to stop the propeller windmilling while thermalling. The bracket holding the disc brake housing had fractured and the housing had hit the prop and bent the disc rotor.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.12.2022 (E27551)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Tor y Foel, Powys, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Ozone Rapidos Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot entered a turn at low level and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 07.12.2022 (E27631)	Pilot Male Rating: AP Flying Experience: 46 years	Location Deenethorp, Corby, UK	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: ATOS VR Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Glider nose cone came off during flight. Pilot landed immediately as the glider became difficult to control due to being unstable in pitch and yaw.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.11.2022 (E27399)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 70 hours (100 hours) (30 flights)	Location Northern Skies HQ, Balne, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudeck Solo Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Zenith	Summary Pilot landed normally but caught foot on clump of grass.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 19.11.2022 (E27459)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 54 hours (4 hours) 186 flights (6 flights)	Location Tinto, South Lanarkshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design UFO2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to launch an unfamiliar wing in windy conditions but could not control the wing. Pilot was dragged and his leg caught on uneven ground, dislocating his knee.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 19.11.2022 (E27395)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 48 hours (25 hours)	Location Lords seat, Peak district, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Ozone Fazor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot did not gain enough airspeed on launch causing harness airbag to catch on the ground. Glider stalled and the pilot was thrown forward down the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 17.11.2022 (E27363)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 350 hours (120 hours) 600 flights (200 flights)	Location N/A, Plymouth, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During a test deployment prior to a repack, pilot noticed that the inner container would not release the parachute despite the bight of lines locking the container having come free as expected. Pilot discovered that the no. 4 eyelet grommet was through the closure bungee, preventing the closure flaps from opening.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.11.2022 (E27427)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 17 hours (6 hours) 34 flights (9 flights)	Location Kerdous, Km 54 route de tarrafout 850000, Morocco Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was lifted up and dragged back by a gust while preparing to launch. Pilot put feet out in front to try and stop but hit rocks.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 08.11.2022 (E27283)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 20 years 750 hours (40 hours) 1500 flights (80 flights)	Location N/A, N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot noticed on Gin Genie Lite 2 that the under seat area holding the foam protector had many ruptured seams. Harness was 6 years old and 450 hours use. Pilot states the harness had no major impacts.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.11.2022 (E27463)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 700 hours (50 hours)	Location Taucho, Tenerife, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Guru Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse in rocky, mountainous terrain, shortly after take off. Pilot was unable to fully regain control of the glider before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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