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 25.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Extralight 147 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot forgot to put tension back on glider having just landed to adjust battens.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 25.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Cassino, Italy Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Glider stalled at 3m while on finals and pilot landed heavily in seated position.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 24.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student tripped on landing.	Injury Pilot: Cuts, grazed knee
Date 23.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Saltburn Cliffs, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Rookie Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to clear a transverse ridge on final approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr l1 vertebra
Date 18.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Cheetah 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot was unable to bleed off enough speed (possible tail wind) and nosed in.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 11.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered symmetric collapse at 50ft and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra t12, fr ankle
Date 10.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Kirk Fell, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Zulu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot did not see low voltage power lines on landing and struck them when 2m from ground. No injuries but equipment destroyed.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Sourton Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink while close in to ridge and struck large boulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 07.08.2007	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: Novice	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student misjudged approach then became fixated on a glider laid out in his line of sight. Landed heavily crosswind.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 31.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost height while ridge soaring and headed to landing area. Struck parked car having landed short.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 22 June 2025

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