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British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports - Informal Investigations

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.

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If available, total hours flown and hours flown in the previous six months are included below, with the latter displayed in brackets.

There are 3108 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
04.02.2007 Male

Age:
48

Rating:
Novice



Kennel Farm,
UK
Paraglider

Wing:
FreeX
Dingo

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Student sprained ankle while ground handling.

Sp ankle
03.02.2007 Male

Age:
41

Rating:
AP



Fifty Cent,
South Africa

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Gin
Boomerang Sport

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot was caught out by increasing winds. Suffered frontal collapse while on half bar in attempt to get forward. recovered frontal with cravat and glider entered spiral. recovered but entered cascade so threw emergency chute landing heavily.

Fr vertebra, fr pelvis
01.02.2007 Male

Age:
44

Rating:
CP



Woldingham,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Variable
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Elan

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)
Pilot crashed into tree having been lifted off hill in rotory conditions with one wing stalled.

27.01.2007 Female

Age:
28

Rating:
Novice



Firle West,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Windtech
Tonic

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Student got too close to hill on top to bottom flight and flew into tree, falling heavily.

Fr vertebra
22.01.2007 Male

Age:
41

Rating:
Novice



Grenoliers,
France

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Gradient
Bright

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)
Student flared too late and stumbled while attempting to run off landing.

Fr tibia and fibula
20.01.2007 Male

Age:
44

Rating:
P



Parlic,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts
Paraglider

Wing:
Edel
Saber

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot initiated reverse launch but was lifted by gust then dumped and dragged across hillside. .

Bruising
20.01.2007

UK Parachute repack issues. Please refer to IR for details.

14.01.2007 Male

Age:
63

Rating:
AP



Mala,
Spain

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Variable
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Solar Wings
Scandal Xk

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)
HG pilot had mid-air with PG trainee while ridge soaring/thermalling.

14.01.2007 Male

Rating:
CP



Haresfield Beacon,
UK

Wind Strength:
24-32 km/h

Conditions:
Gusts
Paraglider

Wing:
Windtech
Ambar

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot misjudged wind strength and was lifted up and back over trees having initially moved lower down slope. Luckily top landed safely.

13.01.2007 Male

Age:
66

Rating:
AP



Panchgani,
India

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Thermic
Paraglider

Wing:
Ozone
Mantra

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse in turbulent conditions. Recovered with cravat then glider stalled and entered cascade. pilot deployed emergency chute but hit wall on landing.

Fr ribs, fr vertebrae
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Last updated: 1 December 2023

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