Incident reports received by the BHPA are available in summary form on this page. If you're looking for reports of formal investigations undertaken in the case of a serious incident, please visit our Incident Reports (formal investigations) page.
Incident reports are available in summary form for the following wing types:
Incident reports for all wing types 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.
If you want to search by incident date, please enter the day, month and year numerically as dd-mm-yyyy (eg. 03-12-2019).
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 3338 entries for all wing types
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Date | Pilot | Location | Wing Type | Summary | Injury |
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Date
26.09.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 1000 hours (10 hours) 800 flights (5 flights) |
Location
SpainWind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Swing Nyos RS Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
23.09.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 35 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 300 hours (17 hours) 500 flights (32 flights) |
Location
Mam Tor NW,Hope Valley, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Iota DLS Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
21.09.2025 |
Pilot
Unknown |
Location
Harting Down,Petersfield, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h |
Wing Type Wing: Unknown paraglider Unknown |
Summary |
Injury
Unknown |
Date
14.09.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 140 hours (30 hours) 200 flights (25 flights) |
Location
El Bosque,Algodanales, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Skywalk Arak 2 |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt |
Date
24.08.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 1000 hours (25 hours) (28 flights) |
Location
Nont Sarahs,Huddersfield, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: 777 R-light 3 Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
22.08.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 hours |
Location
Woolacombe,Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Seriously Injured |
Date
22.08.2025 |
Pilot
MaleRating: Unknown but name Steve and other eyewitnesses hinted was very experienced |
Location
Westbury White Horse,Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence |
Wing Type Wing: Unknown paraglider Unknown Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Unhurt |
Date
15.08.2025 |
Pilot
MaleRating: Unknown |
Location
Leckhampton,Cheltenham, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h |
Wing Type Wing: Ozone Photon Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
15.08.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 1000 hours |
Location
Dodd Fell,Hawes, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate |
Wing Type Wing: Advance Sigma DLS Launch Type: Foot |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries |
Date
10.08.2025 |
Pilot
MaleAge: 50 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 550 hours (60 hours) 752 flights (36 flights) |
Location
Hill Farm,Norfolk, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence, Leeside |
Wing Type Wing: Swing Libra RS Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow |
Summary |
Injury
Pilot:Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder |
Last updated: 7 October 2025
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A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.