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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 09.04.2022 (E22827)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary During check pilot noticed that the lines holding the pod closed and the emergency parachute in place had frayed. They had frayed to the extent that they would no longer pass through the ceramic loops with ease. A break to the line could render the parachute unusable. The harness had 7 flight hours.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2022 (E22558)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years	Location Bell Hill, Blandford Forum, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8	Summary Pilot was approaching to land in gusty and windy conditions when his glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. The pilot was unable to recover before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 06.04.2022 (E22506)	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 13 hours (2 hours) 25 flights (3 flights)	Location Babadag 1200m, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered accidental parachute deployment on launch. Handle was not checked prior to launch. Parachute has been repacked and checked and found to be satisfactory.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.03.2022 (E23075)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 670 hours	Location Charvet, Val D'Isere, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedrider Wing: Level Wings Fury 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed on skis and continued to ski at some speed. Pilot forgot about a drop off and was unable to clear the opposite lip despite a big flare. Pilot struck lip with knee and came to rest on slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 26.03.2022 (E22430)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 37 years 600 hours (6 hours)	Location Balado Aerotow, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Three ring circus failed to release after aerotow. Partially released then held. Pilot managed full release by knocking with his hand. Pilot suspects loops had become stretched over time.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.03.2022 (E22270)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 6 hours (6 hours) 11 flights (11 flights)	Location Pilsley, Chesterfield, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mojo Pwr Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Maverick	Summary Pilot landed on the lee side of trees and the turbulence caused an asymmetric collapse with insufficient altitude to effect a recovery.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.03.2022 (E22502)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 50 years 10000 hours (4 hours) 10000 flights (20 flights)	Location Mercury, Petersfield, UK	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: A.I.R VR	Summary While making a landing approach having been scratching below hill height, pilot cleared main power lines but did not see spur line. Pilot suspects wing glanced power line causing a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 25.03.2022 (E22266)	Pilot Unknown	Location Whitewool, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Five pilots were blown back over over a road to land in a field behind the site. the most extreme was over 300m back from the site. Pilots had been seen to not be penetrating wery much 30 mins earlier. There was a mix of wings flying from red-ribbon to EN D pilots.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2022 (E22254)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 40 hours (20 hours) 25 flights (15 flights)	Location Rush Up, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot whilst completing a 360 exited and re-entered a thermal. Upon re-entering the left wing tip lost pressure and a spin was induced, contributing factor was likely too much brake applied during the turn. Wing re-inflated, dived and the pilot regained control and slope landed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.03.2022 (E22210)	Pilot Age: 49 Flying Experience: 12 years 150 hours (1 hour) (3 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary While ground handling pilot noticed that a speed bar line was looped through the emergency parachute deployment handle. This was recite prior to flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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