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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 16.07.2005	Pilot Male	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot 360d into the hill at high speed.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 12.07.2005	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: Novice	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed heavily having gone off line during low hop flight.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 12.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Extralite 137 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot pushed out on aerotow launch. Glider dropped wing and nosed in hard.	Injury Pilot: Grazed knee
Date 12.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: AP	Location Piedraheita, Spain Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered large collapse while on speed bar at altitude. Pilot deployed emergency chute but suffered broken foot due to 10m/s descent rate at impact.	Injury Pilot: Fr foot
Date 10.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: P	Location Tor Scar, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Ray Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse at low level and spiraled into hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur
Date 10.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: AP	Location Pena Negra, Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Targa 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot suffered multiple collapses in turbulent conditions resulting in emergency chute deployment. Descent rate 8m/s resulted in heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr l2 vertebra
Date 09.07.2005	Pilot Male Age: 49	Location Monks Down, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Airprox see report form.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.07.2005	Pilot Female Age: 24 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student sufferred collapse while on speed bar and landed heavily. Instructor caught out by increasing wind!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
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

Last updated: 21 June 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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