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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 08.01.2020 (E13210)	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 37 years 1000 hours (250 hours) 800 flights (200 flights)	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flow XC Racer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Wind was off the hill and pilot experienced turbulence at the end of the ridge. Suffered asymmetric collapse and landed heavily but was able to PLF.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.01.2020 (E13276)	Pilot Male Age: 20 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 35 hours (4 hours) 136 flights (32 flights)	Location Butser West, South Downs, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Makalu 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made safe landing just out of landing field but dropped glider down on to tall bushes.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.12.2019 (E13165)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 20 hours (10 hours) 40 flights (20 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a 360 degree turn but misjudged height and distance from the slope. Pilot landed in field of brambles.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.12.2019 (E13126)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 7 years 3 flights	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student stopped running prior to launch resulting in glider overflying student and pulling him over.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.12.2019 (E13129)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years	Location Bradwell, Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Air Design Susi 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made a tight turn while ridge soaring then attempted a slope landing. Glider had not fully settled after the tight turn and was pitching while the pilot attempted to land. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.12.2019 (E13078)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 2 hours (2 hours) 9 flights (6 flights)	Location Nantymoel, SE Wales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Icaro 2000 Pica Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top-land due to the formation orographic cloud. Pilot misjudged approach and collided with the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis
Date 11.12.2019 (E13054)	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 100 hours (25 hours) 200 flights (20 flights)	Location Bluestone, Belchford, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Susi 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was pulled over while ground handling in windy conditions. On launching, pilot failed to notice that deployment handle had become dislodged. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.12.2019 (E13027)	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 67 hours (35 hours) 218 flights (101 flights)	Location Beachy Head, EASTBOURNE, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary During ground handling in preparation for 1st flight of the day. Pilot was wearing new ski gloves due to cold conditions. A plastic hook attached by the manufacturer to the side of one glove got hooked onto one of the lines. Pilot was able with difficulty to unhook the line and control the wing. These hooks should be removed prior to use in paragliding!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.11.2019 (E13213)	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 170 hours (20 hours) 300 flights (50 flights)	Location North Luffenham, Rutland, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot launched with tangled brake. Pilot focussed on untangling brake instead of flying glider and releasing from towline. Pilot turned downwind still attached to towline. Tow operator disengaged clutch then weak-link operated. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.10.2019 (E12814)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 72 hours	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a cravat while on SIV course , which caused an auto-rotation spiral dive. Pilot was unable to deploy parachute in time to prevent hard entry to water.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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