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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 13.03.2020 (E17160)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 150 hours (25 hours) 150 flights (25 flights)	Location Marros, Amroth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was on final approach in deteriorating conditions and an approaching rain shower. He was lifted in turbulent air and carried downwind towards a power line. He stalled the paraglider at 3m agl in an attempt to touch down before reaching the power line, and landed unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 06.03.2020 (E13514)	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 9 hours (2 hours) 28 flights (4 flights)	Location Cats Tor, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Symphonia Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot slope landed but tripped on tussock once feet down. Broke fibula, no further injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 06.03.2020 (E13517)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 1100 hours (50 hours)	Location Butser west, Petersfield, hants, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift max Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was forced to take avoiding action to avoid a collision when the other pilot did not give way.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt

Date 06.03.2020 (E13511)	Pilot Male Age: 21 Flying Experience: 14 years 1000 hours (50 hours) 700 flights (25 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone ZENO Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to cobra launch his paraglider but was dragged into a group of people.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 06.03.2020 (E13508)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 1000 hours (4 hours) 400 flights (1 flight)	Location Frocester/nympsfield, Frocester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach to top landing and decided to collide with a small tree rather than making an extreme turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Date 05.03.2020 (E13568)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 390 hours 690 flights	Location Kettlewell, Yorkshire Dales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost thermal while flying up a cliff face and landed heavily on a shelf on the cliff.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 11.02.2020 (E13390)	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 hours (2 hours)	Location Poinente, Lijar, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Epic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot exited spiral but failed to correctly manage the resulting dive. Pilot stalled glider and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine

Date 10.02.2020 (E13408)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 101 hours (9 hours) 274 flights (33 flights)	Location Poniente TO, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Tenor Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off but did not notice he had snapped an upper break line and got a twig snagged in his lines. Once flying the pilot spotted the issues and was able to make a safe bottom landing using big ears.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Date 09.02.2020 (E13402)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 86 hours (26 hours) 103 flights (7 flights)	Location Nid D’ Aigle, Near Aglou, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made steep turn towards ridge in order to avoid a collision with another paraglider. Pilot flew into terrain having possibly spun glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Date 07.02.2020 (E13423)	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 41 years 730 hours (13 hours) 530 flights (10 flights)	Location Mala Lanzarote, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Puma Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged final flare on landing, allowing nose to drop after touch-down. Pilot hit rear edge of speed upright with upper arm.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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