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 3235 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 22.02.2005	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Macher, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Sierra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was dragged into parked cars while trying to control glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.02.2005	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Students glider suffered symmetric collapse possibly due to rotor from edge of hill. Student landed heavily without PLF.	Injury Pilot: Fr clavicle
Date 19.02.2005	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Parachute packers info from Bill Morris. See IR form for info.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 12.02.2005	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Roque Brune, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Classic Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student crashed feet first into cliff having become flustered by proximity to sea and railway line.	Injury Pilot: Fr feet
Date 08.02.2005	Pilot Female Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Mere Rifle Range, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot crashed having sustained an asymmetric collapse on approach, probably due to thermic turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, fr ankle
Date 31.01.2005	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Marleycombe, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra (M) Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot failed to properly control glider following symmetric collapse at low level in marginal conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, punctured lung
Date 29.01.2005	Pilot Unknown	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Multiple report on reserve repack by Bill Morris. See report for details.	Injury Unknown
Date 26.01.2005	Pilot Unknown	Location West Firle, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 31.12.2004	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Presendyt, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Act Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot was dragged and bounced while attempting to forward launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr leg
Date 28.12.2004	Pilot Male	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Harness airbag found to be worn (holed and delaminated) after 2 years use.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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