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 03.08.2006	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot landed going backwards having made poor decision to fly in strengthening conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot flared glider to land before losing speed and climbed to 10-15ft. Pilot sprained ankle on touching down.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 23.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Aeron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered symmetric collapse on approach then entered spin. Emergency chute thrown but became entangled in lines and did not deploy. Gathered in for second throw but paraglider now in normal flight. Pilot hung onto chute and landed normally.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Les Riunettes, Switzerland Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Confidence Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary While flying low over alpine trees the pilot took both controls in one hand to switch vario off and on. Whilst not in full control of the glider, a thermal came through and pushed the pilot back into the trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location Woldingham Valley, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Zanos Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went very slightly off-line on landing and twisted knee.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee
Date 17.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Blease Fell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 5 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots had mid air while thermaling and became entangled. Both deployed emergency chutes and landed together unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student carried out perfect flight plan but caught foot on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 16.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Ffarmers, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Tattoo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to notice wind had changed direction and came in for slope landing downwind.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula, fr ankle
Date 15.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Tinto, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot deployed emergency chute after asymmetric collapse and landed safely having carried out PLF.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student overshot top landing and on coming around for a second attempt got too low and landed heavily down wind.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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