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 11.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Batcombe, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught out by sink on approach to landing. Struck hand on landing but landed ok otherwise.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 07.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Ringstead, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Paragliders Atis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot left turn into wind late and turned aggressively. Stumbled on landing and put out hand causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist (collis)
Date 01.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Filey, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Syntax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot decided to land short of normal landing area to gathering children. Collided with parked car on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.07.2006	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made poor approach resulting in the need to S off excess height. Glider stalled and landed heavily.	Injury Unknown
Date 29.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off in light conditions and lost height making landing field impossible. Tried fly on wall landing but wheels caught on rough ground breaking both uprights and pilots arm.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus
Date 28.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location L Bohinj, Slovenia Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pliot nearly drowned having landed in a lake following siv manoeuvre.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P	Location Saltburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot got caught out by turbulence having got low while soaring close in on a coastal site. Crashed into rocks. .	Injury Pilot: Fr t12 ,t11 and l1 vertebra
Date 24.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student caught foot on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 24.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Nont Sarahs, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Confidence Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off into gusting and fluctuation conditions resulting in a loss of height and pilot landing on rock. Wind then took glider and pulled pilot down rocky slope.	Injury Pilot: Spr l wrist, ankle and knee. dislo r wrist
Date 24.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P	Location Limerstone Down, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at 3-4m and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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