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 15.05.2005	Pilot Female Age: 14 Rating: Novice	Location Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Paracommander Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Student landed heavilly on one foot.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2005	Pilot Male Age: 65	Location Penmaen Bach, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pilot witnessed not wearing helmet.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.05.2005	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Combe Gibbet, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Promise Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot initiated symmetric collapse by pulling b rather than a lines for big ears. Glider then entered spin with cravatte.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location St Cyrus, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Quarx Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider by flying too slowly and in wrong area.	Injury Pilot: Bruised back
Date 23.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location Refugio Di Perugia, Italy Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered multiple asymmetric collapses prior to deploying emergency chute. Probably due to flying through unforseen rotor.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P	Location High And Over, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Serac Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot top landed and reached for A risers to deflate canopy. At this point he was lifted 3ft into the air then dragged back into a ditch.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 16.04.2005	Pilot Female Rating: Novice	Location Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Wing: Waterbird Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Student landed on knees instead of plf.	Injury Pilot: Sprained knee
Date 16.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot suffered line break at 1000ft but did not realise line was still connected. Flew with training line until line snagged on trees. pilot threw emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2005	Pilot Female Age: 26 Rating: Novice	Location Curium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student was lifted off ground during reverse launch attempt, then pulled wrong control resulting in a turn into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Fr tibia
Date 05.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Stags Fell, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Hang Glider Rigid Wing: Atos C Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot missjudged approach having encountered sheep in chosen field. Collided with wall.	Injury Pilot: Fr knee, cuts to face and arm, broken teeth.

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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