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 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Butser North, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with model aircraft. No damage sustained. .	Injury Unknown
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student lifted legs during practice inflation run and came down on backside.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot struck fence post with foot while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib/fib
Date 06.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was dragged on landing in strong winds having failed to properly collapse glider.	Injury Pilot: Fr rib
Date 05.04.2007	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Wether Fell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots suffered mid-air while ridge soaring close to ridge top and became entangled in each others gliders. Landed heavily but with no injuries. very lucky!	Injury Unknown
Date 25.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: Novice	Location Nid Daigue, Morocco Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student suffered asymmetric on landing approach and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 24.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Corn Ridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Aerodyne Dune Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot did not launch glider straight and subsequent gust lifted him and propelled him sideways while facing uphill. After a couple of second he came down heavily, damaging his knee and was then dragged a further 20-30m.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, dislo knee
Date 21.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed in trees having misjudged conditions.	Injury Unknown
Date 21.03.2007	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Discovery 195	Summary Pilot was thrown over backwards while rigging hang glider in breezy conditions. Glider blew back damaging another wing and a car.	Injury Pilot: Concussion , bruising
Date 11.03.2007	Pilot Unknown	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Repack issues. Please refer to IR for details.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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A number of incident analysis reports are also available in the safety section of our website. These are compiled from the individual incident reports submitted during the course of each year.

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