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 24.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: Novice	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student went over on ankle while ground handling.	Injury Pilot: Spr ankle
Date 24.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to control glider after aborted take off. Glider reinflated and lifted student approx 2m into the air before dumping him back down heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr fibula
Date 22.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 24 Rating: Novice	Location Rhossili, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed then got dragged into stone wall while attempting to walk glider back to launch.	Injury Pilot: Bruising and spr ankle
Date 18.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Mayo Bridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Artax Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot spun glider then suffered 2 asymmetric collapses before hitting hill.	Injury Pilot: Possible fr pelvis
Date 17.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Argon Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Weak link broke at 80ft in gusty conditions and pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Bow Lee, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros T16 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student flew without permission or guidance from instructor and crashed.	Injury Pilot: Fr elbow
Date 03.04.2004	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary During repack, pilot discovered bridle fully through loop on bag rather than just a bight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.03.2004	Pilot Female Age: 34 Rating: Novice	Location Plain Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sky Lift Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student overcompensated asymmetric at 30m and spun into building.	Injury Pilot: Fr heal and compressed vertebra
Date 29.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Merthyr Common, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Ii Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student lifted legs before glider properly flying. Caught outstretched leg on rock.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 29.03.2004	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Novice	Location Currium, Cyprus Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student got too close to hill while attempting to soar and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised elbow

Last updated: 22 June 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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