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British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association

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 3134 entries for all wing types

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Date Pilot Location Wing Type Summary Injury
13.03.2005 Male

Age:
25

Rating:
CP



Long Mynd,
UK
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Avian
Elan

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)
Under investigation. Pilot lost control at low level and crashed heavilly.

Fatal.
13.03.2005

Repack info. See report by Bill Morris.

None
07.03.2005 Male

Age:
40

Rating:
P



Devils Dyke,
UK

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot landed tandem glider when another (solo) pilot loses control while ground handling and bumps into tandem passenger. No injuries.

None
03.03.2005 Male

Age:
42

Rating:
Novice



Lords Seat,
UK

Wind Strength:
0-8 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Flexwing Hang Glider

Wing:
Aeros
Target 16

Launch Type:
Foot (Forward)
Student appears to have allowed glider to lose too much energy leading to a heavy landing. Poor flare also a factor.

Dislo elbow
27.02.2005 Male

Rating:
CP



Pilot discovered emergency chute would not pull out of harness. Repacked and worked ok.

None
24.02.2005 Male

Age:
51

Rating:
CP



Macher,
Spain

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Swing
Arcus

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot suffered mid-air with hang glider and fell heavily.

Fr vertebra, fr fibula
22.02.2005 Male

Rating:
CP



Macher,
Spain

Wind Strength:
16-24 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Apco
Sierra

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Pilot was dragged into parked cars while trying to control glider.

None
19.02.2005 Male

Age:
35

Rating:
Novice



Montellano,
Spain

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Swing
Arcus

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Students glider suffered symmetric collapse possibly due to rotor from edge of hill. Student landed heavily without PLF.

Fr clavicle
19.02.2005

Parachute packers info from Bill Morris. See IR form for info.

None
12.02.2005 Female

Age:
42

Rating:
Novice



Roque Brune,
France

Wind Strength:
8-16 km/h

Conditions:
Smooth/Steady
Paraglider

Wing:
Gradient
Bright Classic

Launch Type:
Foot (Reverse)
Student crashed feet first into cliff having become flustered by proximity to sea and railway line.

Fr feet
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Last updated: 29 March 2024

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