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 3283 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 20.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 60	Location Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pilot 360d into hill in sinking air.	Injury Unknown
Date 18.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: Novice	Location High And Over, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stumbled on landing damaging shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Dislo shoulder, chipped bone
Date 18.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Tow rated pilot got into difficulties when attempting to ridge soar having hill launched. Pilot landed heavily behind trees.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 17.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Luffenham, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Parascender Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Tow vehicle driver crashed into rubble mound hidden by long grass on tow field.	Injury Pilot: Grazing to arm and back
Date 15.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Target 16 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary It is believed that the pilot clipped a tree in light conditions and fell 15m to the ground. The pilot was wearing a cycle helmet which contributed sighnificantly to the seriousness of the head injuries!.	Injury Pilot: Fr skull, fr ribs
Date 10.06.2005	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location Green Bell, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed heavily on uneven ground fracturing leg.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg

Last updated: 24 May 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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