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 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.
Date 05.04.2005	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour 159 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Glider stalled on final approach possibly due to thermic activity and/or insufficient speed on landing appraoch.	Injury Pilot: Strained shoulder
Date 26.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Blackhall, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 6 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot was flying a recognised site in a normal manner and was made aware that his activity had scared some horses that had then broke their tethers and damaged 2 parked cars.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: AP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airbourne C2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot started take off run for aerotow but was not properly clear of the marshal. Glider struck marshal on shoulder as it moved forward causing the weak link to break and bending an upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.03.2005	Pilot Male Rating: AP	Location Bradwell Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot had mid-air with another paraglider. Both carried on flying without problem.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: FLPA	Location Lumb Farm, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 21.03.2005	Pilot Male Age: 51	Location Frampton End Road, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Back injuries

Last updated: 21 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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