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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 31.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Dudek Vox Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student went over on ankle during takeoff run.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated ankle
Date 28.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Novice	Location Curium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed correctly but caught foot on uneven ground.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 27.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary While on final approach and at approx. 10m agl the harness chest buckle came undone making the glider more difficult to control. This was the second occasion this had occurred. Harness taken out of service.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP	Location Sharpenhoe, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was turned 90 degrees on final approach and landed heavily. Conditions were windy, gusty and rough. Wind was 45 degrees off slope.	Injury Pilot: Tissue damage to elbow
Date 18.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 49	Location Unknown field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Volution	Summary Pilot parked brakes on magnets while getting into seat. During this time one of the brakes became dislodged and was sucked into the prop. Pilot was able to land without incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.05.2008	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bailey, 175 4s	Summary Pilot suffered engine failure and was forced to land in field adjacent to horses.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flew too close to slope in very light conditions and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle.
Date 05.05.2008	Pilot Male	Location Shantron Muir, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ITV Agena 30 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Ground crew was hanging on to harness to give pilot extra penetration. Strong gust lifted both to approx 40m and after short while ground crew fell. Both Non-BHPA.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 05.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Ben Reid, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot deviated from intended XC route and was caught in turbulence. Landed heavily as emergency parachute failed to open.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs
Date 02.05.2008	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Eyam Edge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Golden 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level in thermic and turbulent conditions and spiralled into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.

Last updated: 22 June 2025

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