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 3235 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 22.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 16 Rating: Novice	Location Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Waterbird Jumbo Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Student landed heavily and did not carry out good plf.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 21.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Deptford, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litesport 4 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot jumped into glider on aerotow launch then stalled a wing as he pushed out to prevent dropping. Locked out at low level and crashed in vertically.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicles
Date 21.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location The Gyrn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z-One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Low airtime pilot caught out by change of wind direction. Ended up flying downwind close to hill and collided with fence.	Injury Pilot: Cuts and bruises
Date 21.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Col de Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Boomerang Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed into side of mountain while scratching close in light conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, fr vertebrae, fr ribs, internals.
Date 20.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location St Bees Cliffs, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and ended up losing height quicker than expected forcing him to land on a cliff. Pilot was rescued by RAF helicopter.	Injury Unknown
Date 18.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Breeze Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and struck wall on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, cuts to head, damaged shoulder
Date 17.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot took off in breezy conditions with cravatte in one wingtip. Slipped on landing but no injuries.	Injury Unknown
Date 16.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Novice	Location Swanborough, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne Fun 190 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student came in to land too slowly and mushed in on wheels causing break to arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 15.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst distracted by a paraglider flying erratically, pilot then had mid-air with another paraglider.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: Novice	Location Dalefoot, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student twisted ankle while attempting a reverse launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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