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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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: 26 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: 17 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: 11 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: 5 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
Date 15.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 190 hours (25 hours) 450 flights (50 flights)	Location Mundesley, Norwich, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged clearance while setting up for a slope landing. Pilot attempted a 360 below cliff height but ran out of room impacting the grassy slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thorax
Date 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 31 years 700 hours	Location UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Eden 7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot hit sink while ridge soaring and was dumped into a tree. Glider flew on and pulled pilot from the tree dropping him from 20ft to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 51 Flying Experience: 15 years 200 hours (6 hours) (3 flights)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot noticed the parachute bridle zip had come loose for a second time. On closer inspection it became apparent that the 'c' eyelet had not been engaged during a repack.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years 900 hours (22 hours) (25 flights)	Location Rushup Edge, SHEFFIELD, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent rising and sinking air while on approach to landing. At approx 2m pilot hit big sink and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 08.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 3 years 1 hour (1 hour) 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Glyderau, Gwynedd, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9	Summary Pilot was dragged uphill on reverse launch, lost balance and banged ribs on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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