British Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association

Incident Reports (Informal)

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:

• All Wing Types
• Paraglider
• Flexwing Hang Glider
• Rigid Hang Glider
• Speedrider
• Speedflyer/Miniwing
• Powered PG
• Powered HG
• Other

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).

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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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 09.03.2025	Pilot Male Age: 74 Rating: P	Location High and Over, Alfriston / South Downs, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a large asymmetric collapse at low level behind the site's bowl ridge, and landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 07.03.2025	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Rushup edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot landed heavily in gusty conditions and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.03.2025	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 1 year 9 hours (5 hours) 18 flights (11 flights)	Location Talybont, Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged their proximity to the hillside when turning towards the ridge on a downwind beat, and collided with the ground sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.03.2025	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Wingland Airfield, Spalding, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: BGD Luna Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot lost control of the wing on launch. They aborted the launch and turned, the engine still running under power. The pilot fell and the propeller made contact with their hand causing injury and damage to the paramotor netting and cage.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 215 hours (23 hours) 169 flights (15 flights)	Location North Luffenham (Rutland Airsports), Edith Weston, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Zoom X2C Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary The pilot attempted to release from the tow but did not ascertain the release had been achieved (the tow line was still attached). The tow line was guillotined at the winch. Despite radio calls from the DTC and Winch Operator, the pilot was unaware the line was trailing and presenting a risk of entanglement on the ground. The pilot eventually released the line and the flight proceeded without further incident. Upon return to the launch area it was discovered the pilot had not connected their radio headset and did not hear messages to alert them that the tow line was attached.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.02.2025	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location North Luffenham (Rutland Airsports), Edith Weston, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary The DTC reported a deformation on the lower surface of the paraglider detected during launch. This was identified by the pilot as a B-line snagged around the C-riser handle.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 938 hours (30 hours)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Advance Weightless pod harness clipping-in error. Prior to take-off the pilot was aware that the harness seat felt different from usual. They terminated the launch and realised that they had mistakenly clipped in without putting their right leg through the fixed leg strap, potentially leaving them able to slip out of the harness had they become airborne.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 938 hours (50 hours)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was blown back when attempting to top land in the increasing breeze, and was dragged. They suggested the safer course of action was to land at the bottom of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.02.2025	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: P Flying Experience: 4 years 157 hours (41 hours) 302 flights (39 flights)	Location Piedechinche, Cali, Colombia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot attempted to abort a forward launch and fell, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.02.2025	Pilot Rating: Unknown	Location Les Contamines, Les Contamines, France	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown paraglider Unknown	Summary A paraglider landed on the shooting range whilst it was in use by biathlon competitors, directly in front of a shooter. There were no reported injuries. It was reported on a local pilots' network that the pilot was British.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 22 June 2025

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