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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 10.08.2007 (B4191)	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Kirk Fell, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot did not see low voltage power lines on landing and struck them when 2m from ground. No injuries but equipment destroyed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.08.2007 (B4190)	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Sourton Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink while close in to ridge and struck large boulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 07.08.2007 (B4189)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: Novice	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged approach then became fixated on a glider laid out in his line of sight. Landed heavily crosswind.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 31.07.2007 (B4188)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height while ridge soaring and headed to landing area. Struck parked car having landed short.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.07.2007 (B4187)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location Lletty Siac, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 7 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse at 50ft on approach to land. Glider did not recover and instead completely balled up in a stall.	Injury Pilot: Fr t12 & l1 vertebrae
Date 18.07.2007 (B4185)	Pilot Male Rating: Novice	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student twisted knee on landing having carried out a good and gentle landing.	Injury Pilot: Damaged knee ligaments
Date 17.07.2007 (B4184)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot turned wrong way on reverse launch and went off with a twist. Pilot crashed into slope before regaining control using outstretched arm to break fall rather than plf.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr fingers
Date 15.07.2007 (B4182)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Gragareth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was forced into path of third glider resulting in a mid-air, having taken avoiding action to miss another flying head on.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.07.2007 (B4183)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Novice	Location Lama Field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 27 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled while kiting glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr rib
Date 08.07.2007 (B4179)	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Pule, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Wing inflated fully unintentionally while pilot was building wall. Pilot was then dragged into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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