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 3283 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Gragareth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Cayenne 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was forced into path of third glider resulting in a mid-air, having taken avoiding action to miss another flying head on.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: Novice	Location Lama Field, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 27 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled while kiting glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr rib
Date 12.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: Novice	Location Myhophen, Austria Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Unqualified pilot spun into trees while attempting to thermal.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 08.07.2007	Pilot Male	Location UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary AAIB investigating.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 08.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Pule, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Wing inflated fully unintentionally while pilot was building wall. Pilot was then dragged into rocks.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs
Date 08.07.2007	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: FLPA	Location Wormley Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-11 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Powered Engine: PAP, Top 80 1250	Summary Pilot had difficulty getting into seat due to slack leg straps. Pilot released one brake to assist but forgot to park brake first. Brake handle hit prop but bounced off and pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.06.2007	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location St Vincent, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX X1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric while running for take off. Pilot was lifted by momentum and turned into hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr hip, fr shoulder
Date 19.06.2007	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Lake Ohrid, Macedonia Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z-one Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot entered spiral on SIV course but could not pull opposite brake hard enough to recover. Panicked and pulled wrong brake making spiral lock in.	Injury Pilot: Fr cheekbone, bruising
Date 13.06.2007	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student suffered weak link break as a result of pulling down on controls to get into harness. Landed heavily on feet.	Injury Pilot: Bruised ankle
Date 11.06.2007	Pilot Male	Location Chavenage Airstrip, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot performing aerobatic manoeuvres at low level got into difficulties and crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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