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 23.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P	Location Firle, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Cosmic Rider Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Dual pilot caught out by wind switching in landing area and landed heavily crosswind. Passenger sustained minor back strain.	Injury Pilot: Strained back muscles
Date 23.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Sutton Meadows, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Emergency parachute deployed accidentaly having just released from aerotow. Pilot thinks it may not have been correctly fitted.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: CP	Location Nantymoel, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Space Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot caught hand on ground while landing, fracturing his wrist.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 20.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Wing: Gin Bolero Plus	Summary Emergency chute clover loops failed on harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP	Location Ja Voravy, Czech Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Phelix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged distance from landing area and landed short with glider landing on power lines. Glider was badly damaged.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: AP	Location Doran, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Nomad Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered severe turbulence in alpine area resulting in a complete collapse of the glider. Pilot tried but failed to recover so threw his emergency chute and landed safely without injury or damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 44	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 18.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: P	Location Ochsen Alpe, Germany Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Phor 2 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Passenger stumbled just prior to launch causing pilot to fall over too. Dragged 5m in the process of regaining control of glider. Passenger suffered pain in shoulder.	Injury Pilot: Fr shoulder
Date 17.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: P	Location Dunstable, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot blown off course by strong winds during top landing and flew into side of parked vehicle.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Flight Design Ghostbuster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot decided to land having lost spoileron in turbulence. Caught base bar on long grass and nosed in heavily.	Injury Pilot: Neck and back strain

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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