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 20.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Milk Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ultralite Makalu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr left wrist.
Date 16.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: AP	Location Mercury, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot released from aerotow due to oscilations. Flew into large pile of poo on landing!	Injury Pilot: Multiple fractures to left humerus.
Date 15.08.2003	Pilot Female Age: 54 Rating: CP	Location Crow Hall, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Sky Hook Gypsy Small Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off line on tow then spiralled into ground.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 12.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: Novice	Location Rudlers North, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student put foot in rabbit hole after landing.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 10.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P	Location Col De La Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr skull, parietal, concussion, lacerated elbow.
Date 09.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: AP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Keara Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured ankle
Date 08.08.2003	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location La Chat, Grand Bornand, France	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Epsilon 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot suffered asymmetric collapse due to turbulence on landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 07.08.2003	Pilot Male Age: 22 Rating: Novice	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Elan Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student went off line and landed down wind. Glider flipped over.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, sprained wrist.
Date 03.08.2003	Pilot Female Age: 25 Rating: Novice	Location Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student crashed having got too close to ridge while flying.	Injury Pilot: Split lip and bruised 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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