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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 18.04.2003 (B3619)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Marlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 16.04.2003 (B3616)	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Beachy Head, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 & l2
Date 15.04.2003 (B3615)	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Novice	Location High Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Cut knee
Date 08.04.2003 (B3612)	Pilot Male	Location Walla Crag, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Chest, pelvic, damage. resuce called for airlift
Date 08.04.2003 (B3613)	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP	Location Switzerland Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 5 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off into crap conditions - too windy.	Injury Pilot: Crush damage to lower back and neck. severe damage to l1. internal injuries.
Date 06.04.2003 (B3611)	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: Novice	Location Barton Aerodrome, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Corel Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Cut chin
Date 05.04.2003 (B3608)	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Heol Senni, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird G-Sport Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken right ankle
Date 05.04.2003 (B3609)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Atis 28 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Ankle, not specified.
Date 04.04.2003 (B3607)	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: Novice	Location Telegraph Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tonic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr r tibia, chipped toe.
Date 03.04.2003 (B3605)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Gelligaer, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Dislocated right shoulder

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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