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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 22.02.2005 (B3885)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Macher, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Sierra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was dragged into parked cars while trying to control glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.02.2005 (B3883)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Students glider suffered symmetric collapse possibly due to rotor from edge of hill. Student landed heavily without PLF.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicle
Date 12.02.2005 (B3882)	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Roque Brune, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Classic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student crashed feet first into cliff having become flustered by proximity to sea and railway line.	Injury Pilot: Fr feet
Date 08.02.2005 (B3881)	Pilot Female Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Mere Rifle Range, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed having sustained an asymmetric collapse on approach, probably due to thermic turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr ankle
Date 31.01.2005 (B3880)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Marleycombe, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra (M) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to properly control glider following symmetric collapse at low level in marginal conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, punctured lung
Date 31.12.2004 (B3877)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Presendyt, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Act Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot was dragged and bounced while attempting to forward launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr leg
Date 28.12.2004 (B3876)	Pilot Male	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Harness airbag found to be worn (holed and delaminated) after 2 years use.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.12.2004 (B3874)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P	Location Llantisilo, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Brontes Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed into rocky hill/cliff while ridge soaring. Possibly due to spin.	Injury Pilot: Head injuries
Date 11.12.2004 (B3875)	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: P	Location Lower Famara, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot spun glider at low level. Seen to be flying with half brake on approach then further turn invoked spin. Pilot was trying to land by wind sock!.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur fr ribs
Date 10.12.2004 (B3873)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bionic Bionic 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On testing a demo Bionic 2 paraglider resulted in unstable oscillation when central control line fully deployed. Glider flew ok if control line only pulled half way or less.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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