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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 02.06.2018 (E6704)	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 21 hours (14 hours) 25 flights (10 flights)	Location Buttermere Festival, Buttermere Lakeside, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sup Air Leaf Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged landing approach in light wind conditions. Pilot ran out of landing area and collided with a food van and bystander.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.06.2018 (E6674)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 34 years 600 hours (2 hours) 1000 flights (10 flights)	Location Milk Hill, Alton Barnes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made a slope landing but got his foot caught on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 01.06.2018 (E6905)	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 35 hours (3 hours)	Location Poniente, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Low airtime Pilot struck power lines while making landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 30.05.2018 (E6632)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 112 hours 179 flights	Location Private Field, Greyabbey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Roadster 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off successfully but was caught out by rotor from trees in stiffening breeze.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 28.05.2018 (E6656)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 33 years 487 hours (11 hours) 1622 flights (10 flights)	Location Dodd Fell (East), UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made approach to impromptu bottom landing field but did not anticipate steep wind gradient. Pilot landed fast causing minor damage to upright and A frame knuckle joint.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.05.2018 (E6647)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 23 years 500 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (40 flights)	Location Curium, Kurion, Cyprus Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bi Beta 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched glider but realised that it was lifting asymmetrically and saw that one of the wing crew still had hold of the wing tip. Pilot shouted to ‘let go’ which they didn’t. Within a split second both the passenger and pilot were swung uncontrollably to the side of the launch site.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 20.05.2018 (E6659)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 33 years 487 hours (11 hours) 1622 flights (10 flights)	Location Mendlesham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo2 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot crashed on take-off on winch launch. Pilot called "all out" before wind was fully on anticipating it would straighten but it did not. Also, possibility of thermal turbulence sinking down from above during launch pushing right wing down.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.05.2018 (E6491)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Flying Experience: 8 years 6 flights (6 flights)	Location Darley Moor Airfield, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3	Summary Forward launch on winch. Wing off line to right. Pilot control input to the right causing wing to go towards lock out. Operator guillotined. Student instructed to pull left and finally instructed to PLF.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 18.05.2018 (E9428)	Pilot Male	Location Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Powered Engine: Zanzoterra	Summary Pilot was reported to have been attempting to start his paramotor engine on the ground (not on his back) when the incident occurred. He sustained fatal head injuries when the prop came into contact with his head. Post incident inspection of the motor revealed the throttle handle was locked at half throttle position. The unit was fitted with an electric start system and showed signs of previous damage to one the cage upright supports.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 18.05.2018 (E6488)	Pilot Male Age: 57	Location UK	Wing Type Powered PG	Summary Pre flight inspection of Icaro helmet revealed that one of the two retaining loops of plastic coated cord had snapped and detached at the front end at it's retaining point where it is fixed with a rivet. On inspection of spare helmet, it was found that in the same place, the outer plastic coating had snapped, but was still being retained by the inner cord core.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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