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 13.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary At 10m and on finals, pilot encountered severe sink and landed very heavily.	Injury Pilot: Compressed vertebra, nerve and tissue damage
Date 12.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave K4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot caught base bar on gorse bush on landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Fr arm
Date 06.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Kimiridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot chose to take off from unsuitable area below the normal take off. He stood in rabbit hole on inflating the glider causing him to stumble and be dragged before regaining control of the glider.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated ankle, fr leg
Date 06.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Bewaldeth, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Ariel Arts Clubman 160 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot decided to land and put glider in steep turn to lose height. Glider entered a tumble and impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: 10 fr ribs, punctured lung.
Date 05.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: Novice	Location Strines, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Black Magic Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student landed awkwardly having completed forward launch practice.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 05.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Emergency chute deployed accidentally on approach for slope landing. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: Novice	Location Swyne Hill, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Z One Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flared too late and caught leg under harness on landing,.	Injury Pilot: Fr leg
Date 03.06.2004	Pilot Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student found himself 6m in the air on farward launch ground handle practice. Stalled glider and landed heavily on back.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Arrangement of loops and eyelets on harness prevented emergency chute from deploying during repack.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.06.2004	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot noticed at take off that a riser maillon was stretched and lines had come out, probably on previous flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 19 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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