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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 13.11.2021 (E21085)	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years (80 hours)	Location Hay Bluff, Wales, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Niviuk Zion Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a tight 360 to try and release a knot in brake line. Pilot underestimated wind speed and distance from hill resulting in a heavy impact with slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 03.11.2021 (E21001)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 25 hours (25 hours) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location Monksdown, Shaftesbury, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was soaring close to trees and began to get blown back. Pilot decided to turn downwind but was caught in the turbulence behind the trees. Pilot lost control in turbulence and crashed but was uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 23.10.2021 (E21009)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 700 hours (38 hours) (50 flights)	Location Compton - Reds, Isle of wight, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Zeno Launch Type: Foot	Summary On attempting to land pilot was going backwards on half bar. Pilot applied full bar too aggressively and resulting 'swoop' brushed bar against ground knocking foot off the bar. Pilot went up and back but was able to land safely on road having regained control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.10.2021 (E20845)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 52 hours (22 hours) 86 flights (28 flights)	Location Westbury white horse, Westbury Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Falcon Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with insufficient airspeed resulting in 180 degree turn back onto hill top. Landed on one wheel bending an upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.10.2021 (E21005)	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 2 hours (1 hour) 20 flights (5 flights)	Location St Adre les Alpes, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Pawn Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged height on final turn into wind turning too high. Pilot flared high on reaching the end of the landing field and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 17.10.2021 (E20873)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 2 hours (2 hours) 4 flights (4 flights)	Location Branscombe, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Vantage 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot collided with fence on cliff top when attempting to jump a gap on a ridge run.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.10.2021 (E20665)	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned towards hill while thermalling on busy site but lost control and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis
Date 25.09.2021 (E20392)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 350 hours	Location Nont Sarah's (Buckstone Edge), Marsden Moor, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had near miss with a drone he suspects was being flown by a FPV controller. Pilot was unable to locate drone owner.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.09.2021 (E20335)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 33 years 1000 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (10 flights)	Location Boviel, Dungiven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro Launch Type: Foot	Summary Control handle failed while pilot was thermalling. Handle failed at the point where the webbing attaches to the swivel. Swivel did not go through the pully and pilot was able to retrieve and knot the handle back as a temporary in-flight fix.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.09.2021 (E20344)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Pilot Power Flying Experience: 6 years 20 hours (20 hours) 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Wingland Airfield, Spalding, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Spyder Launch Type: Powered Engine: Scout, Scout	Summary Shortly after take off, while getting comfortable the throttle cable went though cage netting and impacted the prop. Pilot carried out emergency landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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