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 07.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 75 Rating: P Flying Experience: 22 years 1000 hours (10 hours) 500 flights (20 flights)	Location Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered turbulent sinking air having flown over a spur to land on the beach. Pilot made tight turn to land more into wind but glider spun and pilot landed in the sea.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 28 years 158 hours (4 hours) 543 flights (7 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had near miss while ridge soaring having failed to move out to allow another pilot right of way while on a head on course. Pilot left decision too late to take avoiding action.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: P Flying Experience: 41 years 1000 hours 1000 flights (27 flights)	Location Filey Bay, East Yorkshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Macpara Eden7 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While coastal soaring just below cliff top height pilot caught lines on a bush. This caused an asymmetric collapse that the pilot was able to recover from before bottom landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 238 hours (10 hours) 531 flights (23 flights)	Location Pontlottyn, Pontlottyn, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered 50% asymmetric collapse on exiting a thermal resulting in a cravat. Pilot attempted to release cravat but was drifting towards power lines. Pilot stalled glider into hill in avoiding the power lines. Pilot says SIV course helped deal with situation.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 25 years 4000 hours (50 hours)	Location Firle, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot and passenger were dragged on launch after falling over. It was discovered that the P2's foot had gone through the foot loop on the pilot's flying suit, causing then to fall over.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 01.04.2023	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 years (25 flights)	Location Aglou, Aglou, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova ION 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Shortly after take off on a downwind beat on a ridge soaring flight, pilot collided with a boulder on the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Thoracic Spine
Date 19.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 150 hours (10 hours) 50 flights (15 flights)	Location Parlick, Preston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota DLS Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot failed to put leg through leg loop one fastening new harness. Pilot took off and slipped down through harness to hang by arms. Pilot rotated into the hill having let go of one of the brakes due to it being twisted causing a weight shift turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 15.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 63 Flying Experience: 10 years 250 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (100 flights)	Location The Warren, Capel le Ferne, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in gusty conditions. Landed OK and then failed to control wing after being hit by a strong gust. Lost balance and was dragged to boundary of field. Wing impacted a large pile of rubble and sustained significant damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Newhaven cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot	Summary Red ribbon pilot lost control of glider while attempting to launch. Pilot was dragged into wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 05.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Speed wing Flying Experience: 4 years 200 flights (100 flights)	Location Coignafearn, Highlands, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Swing Mirage 2 rs Launch Type: Foot	Summary Just after take off pilot carried out barrel roll. Once out of the roll, pilot carried out a further barrel roll but had misjudged the available height. Pilot crashed at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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