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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 28.01.2022 (E21650)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 33 hours (9 hours) 64 flights (11 flights)	Location Skirrid SEWHGPC, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot diverted to alternative landing field having established that power lines crossed his chosen field. Pilot arrived with insufficient height to turn into wind and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 22.01.2022 (E21553)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 176 hours (10 hours) 236 flights (12 flights)	Location Goodedge Farm, Bruton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Solo Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Volution 2	Summary Pilot got gloved finger caught in throttle while warming his engine. Pilot was pushed over but was able to hit the kill switch before hitting the ground. Pilot was wearing two pairs of gloves due to the cold weather.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 21.01.2022 (E21922)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 22 years 550 hours (50 hours) (100 flights)	Location Los Tanques, Roldanillo, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider dived aggressively to horizon and suffered 75% asymmetric collapse. Pilot input most likely caused spin and riser twist leading to locked in spiral. Pilot deployed emergency parachute and landed unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.01.2022 (E21549)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 720 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (35 flights)	Location Westbury Bratton, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse while on approach. Wind had increased and pilot was attempting to bottom land in turbulent conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.01.2022 (E21473)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 555 hours (100 hours) 500 flights (50 flights)	Location Cornborough, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Combat Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot did not find expected lift after take-off and continued down bowl. Pilot got in to 'pilot induced oscillations' over cliffs resulting in a pirouette onto clifftop footpath. Glider came to rest against barbwire fence.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.12.2021 (E21525)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 70 hours (40 hours) 130 flights (80 flights)	Location Mystic, Bright, Australia	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro X-Alps	Summary Pilot discovered that glass fibre side slat had come out of position on harness and had interfered with speed bar line. This was not picked up during pre-flight check as line was still free moving. During subsequent flight the speed bar line cut half way through a load bearing strap. This was spotted on next pre-flight check.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.12.2021 (E21377)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 296 hours (61 hours) 1052 flights (152 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off at coastal site but lost height and landed at the base of the cliffs. Pilot was cut off by incoming tide and was rescued by the coast guard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.11.2021 (E21269)	Pilot Rating: AP Flying Experience: 19 years 820 hours (80 hours)	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeolite GT Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider had recently returned from a line trim at a service centre. While ground handling pilot noticed outer A lines had been replaced incorrectly.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.11.2021 (E21225)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 908 hours (117 hours) 950 flights (87 flights)	Location Morfa Nefyn, Llyn Peninsula, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Tequila 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had airprox with single prop plane while ridge soaring. Pilot has filed an airprox.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.11.2021 (E21121)	Pilot Female Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 2 hours (2 hours) 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Mam Tor, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made approach with insufficient height and was unable to turn into wind before landing. Pilot landed heavily in a ditch.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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