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 08.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary On landing in strong wind pilot pulled down on controls to collapse glider. Thius resulted in him being lifted up and blown back over ridge and crashing into a parked car before coming to rest.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle, bruising
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Female Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Harley 9/288 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Student did not realise line had released then spent too long looking for it. Student landed on rough ground.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Heresfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Trango 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered collapse while at 15m above trees. Pilot landed in trees and fell to ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: AP	Location Mendelsham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Scandal Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot noticed that kingpost wires were incorrectly attached.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot got dragged back in strong wind over wall, car and barbed wire fence - ouch!	Injury Pilot: Cut finger, fr scapula
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Mendlesham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Kpl3 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary After landing pilot discovered hang point pivot pin had slipped out 2cm having noticed a creaking noise while being towed into air.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Luffenham, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Saber Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot was caught out by gust prior to launch and failed to control canopy. Pilot was dragged back over runway.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder
Date 01.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 27	Location USA	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot died in USA. Details to follow.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 26.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Swan Lake Bay, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Topaz Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to properly control glider having landed and was lifted by gust. Canopy the had asymmetric and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 25.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Wing: Gin Oasis	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse due to close proximity of RAF sea king helicopter. Site had not been notamd.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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