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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 24.09.2018 (E8510)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years 2000 hours (20 hours)	Location Dungiven west, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro 2000 Laminar 2000 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot successfully deployed drogue, attached to left shoulder strap, for a downslope landing. Pilot found glider impossible to turn and crashed onto a road having flown under telephone lines and over a hedge.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.09.2018 (E8399)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 100 hours (10 hours) 300 flights (30 flights)	Location Algodonales south east, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Ascent 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Attempting to avoid imminent rain, pilot opted to land upwind of the landing field. Pilot suspects he stalled the wing on approach but has not memory of the events.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Pelvis
Date 13.09.2018 (E8390)	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: EP Flying Experience: 10 years 1 hour	Location Swyre Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary In focussing on getting his legs down for landing the student lost track of his altitude and flared too high, landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thorax
Date 13.09.2018 (E8366)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years	Location Rybury, Alton barns ( closest village ), UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Aspen 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered small asymmetric collapse having passed behind another paraglider. Collapse was over-controlled and glider entered a spin. Pilot was swung into the hill and was then dragged. The wind had gone off the slope and was gusting.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 12.09.2018 (E8345)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Flying Experience: 8 years 3 flights (3 flights)	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student became 'object fixated' on approach and caught his leg on the mud guard of a trailer.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 02.09.2018 (E8222)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: EP	Location High & Over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Evolution Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student had midi collision with another paraglider pilot while ridge soaring. Glider wing tips brushed together. Both pilots landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.08.2018 (E8207)	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: Unknown Flying Experience: 9 years 50 hours	Location East Knoyle, East Knoyle, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Paramania GTX Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Zenith	Summary Glider seen going from stable flight into wing-over maneuver which progressed into deep spiral dive, which pilot was unable to recover. Rapid loss of height resulting in impact to ground and adjacent power lines.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 31.08.2018 (E8201)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: Pilot (Club Coach) Flying Experience: 41 years 700 hours (22 hours) 500 flights (14 flights)	Location Defford Croft Farm Airfield, Defford nr Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Fly 2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot did not leave sufficient height for his circuit approach and landed heavily just short of the runway.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries Passenger: Minor Injuries Cervical Spine
Date 30.08.2018 (E8186)	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 49 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 2000 flights	Location Chabre Ridge, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed RX Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying along a ridge of trees and was halfway down heading to the cliffs beside a landing field. Turned around to line up landing and did another turn to make sure no overshoot. During the last turn pilot was forced into trees due to posible rotor.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 29.08.2018 (E8174)	Pilot Male Age: 59 Flying Experience: 15 years (16 flights)	Location Private field, Felsted, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Pap, Top 80	Summary Pilot attempted a turn at low level then applied excessive control causing the glider to spin. The glider recovered but entered a spiral dive and the pilot crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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