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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 paraglider wings 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 2555 entries for paraglider wings

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.03.2009 (B4318)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location White Horse, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While ridge soaring pilot applied speed bar when the upper pulley on riser failed rendering speed bar inoperable.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2009 (B4319)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Liddington, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level while facing away from the hill. Glider turned 180 degrees during recovery and pilot impacted hill.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 19.03.2009 (B4316)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 28-34 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo L Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot twisted ankle while turning during reverse launch.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ankle
Date 16.03.2009 (B4314)	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider causing glider to collapse and fall to ground.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to back
Date 16.03.2009 (B4315)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: Under training	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered mid-air collision with another paraglider resulting in both falling to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to back
Date 15.02.2009 (B4310)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Butser West, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z-One Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with large scale model but landed safely and without injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.02.2009 (B4308)	Pilot Male Age: 73 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, west slope., UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to flare on straight hop flight landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Damaged ankle
Date 11.02.2009 (B4309)	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: CP	Location Cwmtydu, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Super Space 27 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught out by reduced lift due to wind being further off than expected. Pilot lost height and was forced to land on rocks at base of cliff.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel, bruising.
Date 10.01.2009 (B4306)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Les Tieilles, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot altered approach at last minute due to glider ground handling in chosen approach path. Resulted in low turn and probable out of wind landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr t1 vertebra
Date 02.01.2009 (B4305)	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Farway, UK Wind Strength: 20-27 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was turned into hill having encountered unexpected turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel.

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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