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 3234 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 08.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location North Cliff, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle 164 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot mistimed flare and landed heavily having been cut away from aborted winch tow.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 07.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location Castle Moreton, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student stalled glider at 20 - 30 ft and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr l3 vertebra
Date 05.05.2006	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into strong thermal and suffered an asymmetric collapse before being dumped back onto hill. Pilot blames overconfidence and underestimating gust strength.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 30.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Woldingham Valley, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flying Planet Syrius Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student mistimed flare on ground skimming flight and landed heavilly.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 29.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Comb Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered extreme turbulence while ridge soaring and lost control of glider. Chose to immediately throw emergency chute (at approx 200ft) and landed safely. Pilot states that numerous deployment practices at BFR saved his life.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 29.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Maiden Castle, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot hit sink while ridge soaring and slope landed. Landing was fast and heavy.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 29.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Odonnells Rock, Ireland Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered 50%+ asymmetric collapse at 50-60ft while on approach to top land. Glider entered rapid spiral and crashed before pilot could recover.	Injury Pilot: Fr l4 vertebra
Date 27.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 46	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Flying Planet parachute inner container found to be sticky causing possible deployment issues.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 24.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: P	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Eden 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and spiraled into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 22.04.2006	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Bo Peep, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Pegas Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot allowed himself to get low on the ridge with a tailwind and in sinking air. Did not leave enough time or room to turn out and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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