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 14.11.2004	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Smeatharpe, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Tug pilot landed short after engine failure and crashed into earth bank.	Injury Pilot: Minor cots and bruises, whiplash
Date 14.11.2004	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: CP	Location Perranporth Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Flame Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Glider suffered asymmetric collapse having spun at low level due to excessive control input.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs and multiple internal
Date 13.11.2004	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne Sting Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Airprox with Police helicopter.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.11.2004	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP	Location Devils Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had midair collision on crowded site. Glider entered spin and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.10.2004	Pilot Female Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Middle Wallop, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Pulse Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot stalled glider while on vehicle tow launch and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr spine
Date 30.10.2004	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot made poor approach and landed short in ditch.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 18.10.2004	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: Novice	Location Bedlinog, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student went offline after take off and fell over.	Injury Pilot: Bruising
Date 08.10.2004	Pilot Male	Location Cwm Parc, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Unknown pilot crashed while ridge soaring.	Injury Pilot: Unknown
Date 02.10.2004	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Woldingham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Scirocco Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught out by wind strength over trees and blown back into rotor behind trees. Fell onto parked car.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Hornet Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider and crashed when in a hurry to launch in strong conditions.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib

Last updated: 5 January 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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