Incident Reports | Formal Investigations | Report incident | Safety
Report an Incident
Please download our Dealing with Incidents and Accidents document for general advice on how to deal with incidents and accidents.
Please report any incident you've witnessed or been involved in if:
It involves injury, whether to participants or others.
It involves damage to property, third party or not.
It involves non-standard equipment or techniques.
It involves failed or malfunctioned equipment.
It highlights safety points or was unusual.
It's something you feel the sport may learn from.
The emergency services were involved in the incident.
It may give rise to an insurance or legal claim.
Reporting Incidents
It is a legal requirement that any accident involving an aircraft ('boarded with the intention of flight') must be reported to the police and the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the Department for Transport by the quickest available means.
The AAIB and BHPA have an agreement that the BHPA will investigate hang gliding and paragliding accidents, so your legal duty is fulfilled by informing the police and the BHPA by the quickest available means.
BHPA technical staff must be informed immediately if the incident is fatal, potentially fatal, or serious. Serious incidents include unusual equipment failures as well as accidents resulting in serious injury.
BHPA Technical Officers: 0116 289 4316 (24 Hours in emergency)
BHPA Office: 0116 289 4316 or office@bhpa.co.uk
AAIB (24 hours): 01252 512299
All incidents should be reported to the BHPA as soon as possible via the online incident report form linked below, and always within 48 hours.
Submitting Incident Reports
Please provide as much information as possible, and use the "Continue" button at the bottom of the form to move to the next page. To return to a previous page, please use the "Return" button at the bottom of the form.
If you require guidance on how to complete the form, please contact a BHPA Technical Officer.
To begin submitting an incident report please enter your full name and email address below, and then click the Continue button:
When you submit an on-line incident report form you automatically grant permission for the information disclosed to be stored electronically and in paper records by the British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (BHPA) and the European Hang Gliding and Paragliding Union (EHPU) for the purposes of recording and analysing accidents and incidents.
Last updated: 31 January 2026
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