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 10.12.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: AP	Location La Palma, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave FR3 proto Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot collided with lamp post then fell to ground having experienced sink while attempting a spot landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 02.12.2007	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Elco Cheo, Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student turned wrong way on approach and ended up in lee of small hill. Landed into wind but heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 14.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Top Secret Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot stalled glider attempting to take off in very light wind without required airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Minor cuts to arm
Date 14.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Maiden Castle, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu medium Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot practising low level 360s, misjudged height and speed and crashed into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr leg, dislo foot
Date 05.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Western Bowl, Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Rebel Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level in windy and gusty conditions. Possibility of rotor due wind being slightly off hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr legs
Date 01.11.2007	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Baza, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level having taken off in thermic breeze that was 90 degrees off the prevailing wind. Probable cause, rotor.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 27.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Bir, India Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered cravat and had 2 failed attempts to deploy emergency chute then managed to recover glider and land.	Injury Pilot: Mild shock
Date 21.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Steyning, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Perche smart Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student mistimed landing while attempting slope landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower leg
Date 21.10.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student failed to release A risers on launch causing front collapse. Student fell forward onto shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Strained shoulder
Date 20.10.2007	Pilot Female Age: 15 Rating: Novice	Location Chetwynd, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Sportlite maxum 28 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Line break on tandem round resulted in heavy landing and serious injuries to passengers.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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