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 06.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: AP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vulcan Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot experienced severe turbulence causing wing to collapse, probably due to lee side rotor. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 05.07.2004	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Frocester, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot lost control of glider when reverse launching in gusty, thermic condotions and was dragged 30m.	Injury Pilot: Bruised shoulder
Date 23.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP	Location Ronda La Vieja, Spain Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot turned wrong way on forward launch causing risers to be twisted. Pilot was lifted off ground still twisted and was seen to pull one of the controls in panic. Glider turned sharply throwing pilot against a boulder with great force.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 22.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Unqualified (for flpa) pilot crashed flpa and was not discovered until early hours.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield Bay, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independence Avalon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled glider at approx 10m when on landing approach and landed in a head down attitude.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 20.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: FLPA	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: FreeX Pure Launch Type: Powered Engine: Sperwill	Summary Pilot lost control of paramotor during launch/climb phase and crashed into the roof of a school.	Injury Pilot: Fr neck c6-c7
Date 16.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Dungiven, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis	Summary Pilot landed and noticed that the shackle connecting his A lines to the riser was undone and 3 lines were free. He had not carried out a pre-flight check prior to the flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: AP	Location Douelle, France Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Talon Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary During competition with pilots queuing behind, pilot went for launch but wings were not level. Wing tip touched ground on take off causing glider to turn sharply crash landing in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 13.06.2004	Pilot Female Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Fides Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student launched glider asymmetrically and was pulled over and dragged for approx 6m causing damage to shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 13.06.2004	Pilot Unknown	Location By River Yarty, UK Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Action 29 Launch Type: Powered Engine: cyclone	Summary Pilot landed seated and cross wind. Pilot uninjured but prop smashed and fuel tank split. Possible damage to wing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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