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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 31.07.2002 (B3500)	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot flew canopy slowly whilst close to the ground - canopy stalled asymmetrically at 20ft - pilot impacted the gound.	Injury Pilot: Serious head injuries.
Date 28.07.2002 (B3499)	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Nanty Moel, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst ground handling the pilot realised that the split A risers on the right of his canopy were rigged incorrectly from the manufacturer.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.07.2002 (B3497)	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student twisted ankle whilst landing.	Injury Pilot: Twisted and sprained right ankle- first aid on site
Date 24.07.2002 (B3494)	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Ffochiw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot flew into the rear of another PG. His canopy suffered an asymmetric collapse followed by a 90 degree turn resulting in downwind track. The canopy dived forward and did not regain normal flight before the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fracture to upper arm, 2 suspected fractured vertibrae, air helicopter to prnce charles hospital- merthyr
Date 24.07.2002 (B3495)	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location Ffochiw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot launched and gained height and flew into the rear of another airborne pilot - the canopy striking the airborne pilots body. The canopy of the lower pilot collapsed completey and the pilot fell 100ft to the ground.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.07.2002 (B3493)	Pilot Unknown	Location Cox Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student stepped on his own leg as landed. Canopy was penduluming sideways at the time.	Injury Pilot: Broken leg- abulance to hospital
Date 22.07.2002 (B3492)	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P	Location Rosen Garten Dolomites, Italy Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Groove Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempting to utilise lift whilst low and in the lee of a tree line. His canopy suffered a collapse and then entered a spiral dive. The pilot impacted the slope.	Injury Pilot: Broken ankle and 2 broken vertibrae l1 & l4
Date 21.07.2002 (B3489)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, Blandford, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot dragged backwards during attempted launch.	Injury Unknown
Date 21.07.2002 (B3490)	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Abertysswg, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix	Summary Low level collapse due to turbulence - pilot impacted hill having failed to make correct recovery inputs.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 21.07.2002 (B3491)	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flying Planet- Spirit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst thermal soaring in strng conditions the pilot over controlled the canopy causing it to spin. He immediately threw his emergency parachute which successfully deployed. .	Injury Pilot: Sore back

Last updated: 27 January 2026

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