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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 20.03.2019 (E10297)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years	Location Eype, Near Bridport, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was practising wing overs close to a costal cliff when his glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. The pilot crashed into the cliff but was subsequently able to relaunch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.03.2019 (E9706)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 739 hours (101 hours) 2000 flights (134 flights)	Location Legzira, Morocco Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot under training overshot intended top landing by approx 10m. Pilot stumbled on rocky terrain, resulting fall and drag 2m approx. Pilot not wearing gloves, sustained small (2cm), shallow cut to right hand.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder Passenger: Unhurt
Date 18.03.2019 (E9793)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 300 hours (17 hours) 1500 flights (14 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off in deteriorating conditions with rain beginning to fall. In his haste to get down the pilot initiated big ears but then stalled one side of the glider on releasing the ears. Glider then entered a spin and the pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 14.03.2019 (E9640)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 27 hours (9 hours) 66 flights (20 flights)	Location Montellano, Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Xi Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying friends wing and suffered an asymmetric collapse while thermalling. Due to lack of ground clearance pilot successfully deployed his emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.03.2019 (E9613)	Pilot Male Age: 69 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 14 years 50 hours	Location Bornos lake, Bornos, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Gin Pegasus Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane, Top80	Summary Student lost control while practising 'launch abort' with motor running. Student attempted to collapse wing but in doing so applied full power to the motor. Student was pushed over by the thrust and was cut on sharp stone.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.03.2019 (E9589)	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 35 hours (19 hours) 51 flights (25 flights)	Location Tap o Noth, Rhynie, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Sprint 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inflated wing in breezy conditions but had a knot in the lines. Pilot was dragged over into a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 01.03.2019 (E9568)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 180 hours (80 hours)	Location Fochriw, Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was ground handling then went to forward launch as wind was dropping off. Speed bar line caught in reserve handle upon launch run which pulled out and inflated the parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.02.2019 (E9604)	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 39 years 1300 hours (25 hours) (20 flights)	Location Parlick, Lancs, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to slope land on lower slopes in strong wind conditions. Pilot was caught out by sinking air due to leeside from ground undulations and landed heavily downwind.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.02.2019 (E9625)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 12 hours (1 hour) 140 flights (15 flights)	Location Darley Moor, Asbourne, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Avian Fly Launch Type: Powered Engine: WASP, SP MK IV	Summary Pilot took off on powered hang glider but entered a slight turn when reaching across to mouth throttle to disengage the safety cut off. Glider remained in a gentle turn despite the efforts of the pilot who suspected the glider may have stalled. Pilot increased speed and decided to land immediately. Pilot was able to land with only minor damage to the glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.02.2019 (E9511)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 26 hours 40 flights (2 flights)	Location Mere ( Rifle Range ), Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot turned into the hill while attempting to top land. Pilot assumed he would encounter lift as he had on the previous beat.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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