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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 18.08.2002 (B3515)	Pilot Male Age: 66	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley 988 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Students feet slipped forward on landing resulting in him landing on his backside.	Injury Pilot: Pulled back muscles
Date 15.08.2002 (B3511)	Pilot Unknown	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student dislocated shoulder whilst pracising PLF.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder
Date 14.08.2002 (B3510)	Pilot Unknown	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student jumped into the seat whilst launching, slipped and fell over.	Injury Pilot: Suspected twisted ankle
Date 13.08.2002 (B3509)	Pilot Female Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Beer Head, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot flying in the presence of orographic cloud encountered rising air that she found difficult to exit. Managed to lose height by applying speed bar and big ears. .	Injury Unknown
Date 09.08.2002 (B3508)	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sportlite Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Spinnaker release failed to operate during tow launch despite several attempts.	Injury Unknown
Date 06.08.2002 (B3507)	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Perranporth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bandit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot performing low level wing overs impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Broken pelvis (open book) dislocated elbow, torn bladder.
Date 03.08.2002 (B3502)	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location High Edge- Training Field, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student injured neck whilst attempting PLF from kneeling position.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002 (B3503)	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Condover Feastival, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Freex Pure Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Tow release webbing pulled riser through carabiner prior to tow launch. The webbing loop tightened around the speed bar line pulley area. This was noticed after take-off. Pilot released at 700ft and landed safely.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002 (B3506)	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flying downwind to intended landing field realised that he would not reach the field. Having left himself no other landing options, and with a large ditch beneath him, the pilot opted to land downwind. He impacted the downwind side of the ditch.	Injury Pilot: Fractured l1 vertibrea, airlifted to royal preston hospital
Date 02.08.2002 (B3501)	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Candover, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sportlite 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During tow launch the tow line finger trap loop came loose approximately 40 ft AGL. The pilot applkied brake to control the forward surge and impacted the ground feet first.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to lower back

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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