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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 15.05.2003 (B3635)	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Presta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2003 (B3637)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Mount Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xyon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2003 (B3638)	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Lijar, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Xxx Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fracture 2x vertebrae, compressed 1 dics. hospital in spain (records have been kept by his doctor)
Date 15.05.2003 (B3639)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Novice	Location Mere, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: GRADIENT Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken wrist
Date 10.05.2003 (B3629)	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Sierra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Back and facial
Date 10.05.2003 (B3630)	Pilot Female Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Barton Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Severe bruising to the spinal area, whiplash injury
Date 05.05.2003 (B3628)	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: AP	Location Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: GRADIENT Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Disclocated shoulder r/h
Date 04.05.2003 (B3626)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Rushop, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Ignition Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.04.2003 (B3623)	Pilot Male Age: 69 Rating: P	Location Seaham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, concussion, black eye.
Date 22.04.2003 (B3622)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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