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 28.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 20 Rating: Novice	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student turned wrong way on reverse launch and lost control in trying to recover. Student was dragged over some rocks before regaining control.	Injury Pilot: Grazed calf
Date 22.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P	Location Lake Ohrid, Macedonia Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot almost drowned after landing in water while on acro course. No life jackets were used and pilot found himself floating face down. Rescue consisted of a rowing boat so took some time to reach pilot.	Injury Pilot: Near drowning, fr rib, damaged lung
Date 17.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Warren Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Merlin Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Glider overshot student during reverse inflation then collapsed. Glider reinflated pulling student over and injuring foot.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 10.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP	Location Tegelberg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made course correction on final approach to ensure separation from paraglider pilot. Stalled one wing in turn due to insufficient airspeed.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 10.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot went off course on landing approach due to turbulence. Glider wing tip struck tug pilot who was standing just off the runway with other pilots.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruising to head, sprained arm
Date 09.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Thorn Hill, Stirling, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing U2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot landed in rough ground just short of landing field having hit sink and struggled with a jammed harness zip.	Injury Pilot: 3 fr vertebrae, fr ribs
Date 07.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location White Rocks, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in sea and was seen to attempt to recover glider rather than swim clear. Pilot subsequently drowned.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 02.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Thoran B, France Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot hit turbulence just prior to landing having crossed goal line in very strong and gusty conditions.	Injury Pilot: Torn tissue in shoulder
Date 01.09.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Luchon, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot crashed into building while on approach to landing. Suffered serious back injuries possibly exacerbated by presence of non-flexible items and water container in harness back pocket.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebrae t8 - t12
Date 26.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Thorney Island, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Eiff Classic Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot fell off landing mat when reaching for target, legs outstretched, impacting ground with lower back.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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