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).

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

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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 3234 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 40 years 150 hours (1 hour) (2 flights)	Location Deenethorpe Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot left the dolly at too low a speed, hang glider drifted to the right and was slightly high behind the tug at which point the pilot released. Left wing dropped severely in close proximity to the ground, possibly due to the release action. Pilot was able to recover and land with broken upright but no injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 300 hours (25 hours) 500 flights (25 flights)	Location Cairngorms, Nr Tomintoul, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot didn't notice increase in wind strength and crossed high terrain into complex valley system. Pilot encountered severe turbulence and deployed emergency parachute. Pilot was dragged 250m before getting parachute under control.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Pelvis
Date 12.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: Advance Flying Experience: 27 years	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Flare Moustache Launch Type: Foot	Summary Two pilots were test flying Jet Turbine paramotors. Lead pilot misjudged turn into wind and hit the ground. Fuel tank ruptured on impact and spilled diesel onto hot engine with no negative effects.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 11.05.2023	Pilot Female Age: 63 Rating: AEI, SI, AP Flying Experience: 45 years 8000 hours (20 hours) (14 flights)	Location Deenethorpe, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Falcon 3 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot noted that wheeled tandem hang glider was pulling hard to the right while being pushed and on take off. Glider is being checked.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 11.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P Flying Experience: 49 years 1160 hours (14 hours) 987 flights (12 flights)	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Bautek Fizz Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot did not realise crop was higher than it appeared from the air. Pilot caught base bar on landing and nosed glider in.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.05.2023	Pilot Male	Location Bradwell, Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Geo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Visiting pilot took off into the path of another pilot. Both were able to take avoiding action. Pilot reflected that they had left too much time between checking airspace and launching.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 45 Flying Experience: 25 years 250 hours (5 hours) (16 flights)	Location Montmin, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Tripple Seven Rook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Just prior to launch on SIV flight instructor noticed pilots leg stop buckle had not fully engaged. Pilot did not realise it was possible only to engage one side of the buckle. Pre flight check buckle wiggle did not spot error.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.05.2023	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 650 hours (20 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Harting Down, Near South Harting, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Takoo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary A gust came through while tandem pilot was setting up for launch. Pilot grabbed brake line which burnt through their glove causing a burn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder Passenger: Unhurt
Date 25.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 62 hours 199 flights	Location Firle, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary While on approach to top land the pilot encountered a strong gust causing the wing to drop behind the pilot. Pilot instinctively applied both brakes causing the wing to stall. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 16.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 250 hours (50 hours)	Location Bridlingtom, Bridlington, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to forward launch in new Air Design Sock harness when the leg strap connecting loop snapped freeing the leg loop.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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