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 10.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Mere Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot failed to maintain proper airspeed while on approach having been object fixated by obstacles in landing field.	Injury Pilot: Fr humerus, cheek and knee
Date 08.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Chabre, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Plus Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot entered flat spin attempting to turn tight and slow in weak lift. Threw emergency chute immediately and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student pulled leg muscle on landing.	Injury Pilot: Pulled quad muscle
Date 06.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 50	Location Helvelyn, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Airprox with helicopter.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.06.2006	Pilot Female Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot mishandled glider when ground handling prior to launch. Pilot pulled over and dragged into gully.	Injury Pilot: Fr rib, fr scapula
Date 05.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: Novice	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Custom Sail Trx Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Unqualified pilot lost control of glider having encountered turbulence on approach to land.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia, fr vertebra
Date 05.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: AP	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Apco Santana Src Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot followed a thermal and left himself too low to complete a safe landing circuit. On finals, a thermal turned the glider 90 degrees and the pilot was forced to crash land into a tree.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, bruising
Date 04.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location St Vincent, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled wing during a tight 360. Glider spun and twisted risers so pilot threw emergency chute. Landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mamboo Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot went over back in thermal then fell out and tried to fly back to ridge. Caught in rotor/turbulence before reaching ridge and deployed emergency chute. Landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.06.2006	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered frontal collapse at 50ft while on approach to top land in turbulent conditions. Glider recovered immediately but pilot hit ground as glider surged forward.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 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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