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 3339 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 13.09.2008	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Gully, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student went off line during low hop and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 06.09.2008	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Ager, Spain	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot miss-timed damping dive on exit of nose down spiral. Glider suffered 80-90% asymmetric which turned into locked in spiral. Pilot eventually recovered but on landing noticed chest strap had been ripped out of light weight harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Tan Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Muse II Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was lifted prematurely from hill during reverse launch and went off with twisted risers. Landed heavily going sidewards.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee
Date 28.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 50	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed awkwardly during slope landing having got low in increasingly light conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia
Date 23.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Ringstead, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bi Beta 4 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot lost control of tandem during launch in windy conditions and fell over. Was then dragged into parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location North Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 12-19 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Dingo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Immediately after release from tow the weak link attached to the tow line became caught in the pilots speedbar. The pilot successfully s turned down to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to execute proper flare in light wind conditions and also landed with outstretched legs.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 06.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled/spun wing while thermalling while still close to hill. Impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis
Date 04.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location Joint Services Centre, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student landed awkwardly while doing PLF training. On mats on grass.	Injury Pilot: Fr scapula
Date 03.08.2008	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: AP	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Combat Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During competition pilot encountered severe lee-side turbulence. Glider (with lowered sprogs) went weightless and folded. Pilot deployed (34sqm) emergency chute and landed fast but in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.

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