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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.02.2004	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: Novice	Location Kenya Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Glider went off to one side on launch and student was pulled over spraining his ankle.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 11.02.2004	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Taucho, Spain Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Tetra Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot tripped while attempting a forward launch.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 02.02.2004	Pilot Male Age: 55	Location Beer Head, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot took off with too high angle of attack and stalled a wing due to a combination of flying too slowly and having fuzzy hair.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, fuzzy hair.
Date 20.01.2004	Pilot Female Age: 29 Rating: Novice	Location Sheruti Hill, Kenya Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student fell forward onto hands and knees on landing causing some bruising to finger.	Injury Pilot: Bruised finger
Date 19.01.2004	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Novice	Location Sheroti Hill, Kenya Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 2 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student twisted knew while turning to face canopy in order to collapse it after flight.	Injury Pilot: Twisted knee
Date 18.01.2004	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: Novice	Location Beddingham, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into bush having failed to turn at end of ridge. Landed on side rather than legs.	Injury Pilot: Bruised side
Date 18.01.2004	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP	Location Harting, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Hang Glider Rigid Wing: La Mouette Top Secret Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot attempted upslope landing but had lost more height than expected and did not have time to pull full flaps. Landed from 8-10ft and went over on ankle.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 30.12.2003	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Mackalo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider stalled during launch at approx 25m. Sorted by winch operator and pilot plf.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.12.2003	Pilot Male Age: 21	Location Unknown	Wing Type Unknown	Summary During repack large amount of loose cotton and fabric found. Deployment bag had loose grommet. Bag returned to supplier.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.11.2003	Pilot Male Age: 45	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pin loops failed on emergency chute during repack. Incorrectly stitched.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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