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 3235 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 31.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Tonic Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 31.08.2003	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: Novice	Location Moel Elio, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Space Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student slipped while attempting to launch glider.	Injury Pilot: Torn knee ligments.
Date 28.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: AP	Location Brazil	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No IR received at all. Have emailed RR 20/11/03. Tony.	Injury Pilot: Pelvis and head injuries.
Date 27.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Kettle Sings, Malvern., UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle.
Date 26.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P	Location Malvern Kettle, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots had mid air. Poor lookout.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.08.2003	Pilot Female Age: 33 Rating: Novice	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Harley Scirrocco Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student fell over on landing.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 25.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Novice	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Wave Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Emergency chute deployed accidentally while student was trying to access speed bar.	Injury Pilot: Fr r shoulder
Date 24.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: P	Location Corndon Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Onyx Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot misjudged approach to top landing and landed heavily on downwind leg.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist
Date 23.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 20 Rating: CP	Location Brant Side, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Pheron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot assumed other pilot would give way leading to mid air.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 21.08.2003	Pilot Female Age: 21 Rating: CP	Location Laragne, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot crashed after encountering a thermal on landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Concussion,fr vertebrae (2, compressed), fr arm.

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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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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