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Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

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 26.05.2020 (E13885)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 37 hours (4 hours) 68 flights (5 flights)	Location Tailbridge, Kirkby Stephen, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot chose to top land as the wind speed was increasing. The landing was successful but the pilot sprained his ankle on grass tussocks as he collapsed the wing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 25.05.2020 (E14062)	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 450 hours (12 hours) 950 flights (20 flights)	Location Ryebury, Alton Barnes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a large asymmetric collapse at low level and attempted to regain control but struck the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 25.05.2020 (E13936)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years 2840 hours (7 hours) 4670 flights (25 flights)	Location Rybury, Marlborough/All Cannings, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Nyos RS Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced strong lift consistent with a dust devil straight after launch. he attempted to control the wing bust lost control and impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Date 25.05.2020 (E14122)	Pilot Female Age: 36 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 300 hours (30 hours) 300 flights (30 flights)	Location Milk Hill, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown	Summary The pilot lost control of the wing and another pilot who had become entangled in the paraglider lines was dragged on the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 25.05.2020 (E13933)	Pilot Male Rating: AP Flying Experience: 17 years 194 hours (1 hour) 473 flights (2 flights)	Location Milk Hill Bowl, Pewsey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Rook2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was thermalling with others and struck the hill having altered his turn to make way for another glider.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Date 25.05.2020 (E13879)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 47 years 50 hours (1 hour) 1416 flights (5 flights)	Location Great Fransham, Dereham, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent 3 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary The pilot inadvertently induced a spin through too much brake input. He deployed his emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 25.05.2020 (E13909)	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 300 hours (4 hours) 1000 flights (10 flights)	Location Thurnham, Maidstone, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Kantega XC2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched in light conditions. He failed to turn away from the hill in time and his harness caught on brambles, which ended the flight.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Date 25.05.2020 (E13861)	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 44 hours (22 hours) 106 flights (36 flights)	Location Bradwell Edge, Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot noticed during pre-flight check that the carabiner attaching the riser to the harness was incorrectly fastened though the pod fairing and not to the correct harness fastening point on the webbing structure.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 20.05.2020 (E13804)	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Mere, 16 - 18 mph thermic, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Pawn Launch Type: Foot	Summary A paraglider pilot lost control of his wing and was dragged whilst attempting to launch. He collided with a bystander (a dual passenger), causing bruising to the bystander. The pilot was uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 18.05.2020 (E14023)	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 48 years (4 hours) (6 flights)	Location Freathy, Plymouth, UK Wind Strength: 35-40 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: AIR ATOS VQ Launch Type: Foot	Summary The right hand leg loop of the pilot's Woody Valley Tenax 3 harness became detached on launch. The pilot was able to re-attach the buckle in flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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