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 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
Date 05.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Plan Praz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse due to turbulence and crashed into rocky cliffside.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 04.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot encountered unexpected (though predictable) sink while ridge soaring. This resulted in a very fast slope landing attempt.	Injury Pilot: Fr tib and fib
Date 03.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot failed to execute a good forward launch from a small technical take off area. Glider caught bushes and pilot crashed before taking off.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs
Date 02.09.2004	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: Novice	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into bush having misjudged landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Fr heal
Date 27.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 53	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron	Summary Primary control pulley found to have failed (brake handle pulley). Pin dislodged and block missing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.08.2004	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Montmin, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot had midair while thermalling. Poor lookout by both pilots.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 14 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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