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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 27.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 5 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Glider entered 360 on approach as pilot tried to undo harness zip.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder, fr ribs
Date 22.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm Norfolk, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Powered Engine: radne, racket 120	Summary Pilot tore leg muscle on attempting to launch. Later taken to hospital after passing out. Found that leg straps had been too tight and restricted circulation and ability to expand and contract.	Injury Pilot: Torn leg muscle
Date 20.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm Norfolk, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot failed to maintain good speed and control while on approach for landing. Landed in crop but did not let go of uprights.	Injury Pilot: Fr arms, dislo shoulders
Date 16.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Eyam Edge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Offpiste Discovery Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot on hill conversion course lost too much height while attempting to soar. Glider was seen to be flying slowly and eventually crashed into stone structure.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, dislo elbow
Date 14.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Brantside, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot inflated glider to feel the air and was lifted off his feet and thrown into a boulder, he was then dragged into a dry stone wall before being dragged through the wall which then fell on top of him!.	Injury Pilot: Dislo finger, bruising, back spasm
Date 14.08.2004	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: Novice	Location Ruddlers West, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to properly collapse glider after successful flight and landing. He was then dragged 20m by a gust of wind. Continued training for rest of day.	Injury Pilot: Scratches and bruising

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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