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 3339 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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
Date 16.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 48	Location Thornhill Airfield	Wing Type Unknown	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 15.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: P	Location Scamblesby, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Sport Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot alleged to have spooked horse some 750m away causing some minor damage to horse. Pilot unaware of occurrence until informed by farmer who owns land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: SPHG	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Ozone Mcdaddy Launch Type: Powered Engine: Fly, p130	Summary At 50m when pilot and passenger were getting into their seats, the risers became twisted resulting in the pilot losing control. They crashed heavily with the passenger sustaining severe injuries.	Injury Pilot: Fr wrist, fr collar bone
Date 14.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: Novice	Location Moel Wnion, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Bright Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student became confused on approach and landed downwind (no PLF) thinking he was into wind.	Injury Pilot: Fr heel
Date 14.05.2004	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vulcan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot discovered the The Loft had replaced lines incorrectly during a service causing the glider to be deformed in flight. Pilot was not able to discover fault during pre-flight check as all looked ok.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: Novice	Location Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to control glider having made a successful top landing. Glider pulled student over causing 2 broken fingers.	Injury Pilot: 2 fr fingers
Date 07.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 25 Rating: Novice	Location Abertysswg, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student lost concentration and pushed out instead of pulling in causing glider to stall.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.05.2004	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Mt Caburn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student became boxed in by another pilot and crashed having taken avoiding action.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle

Last updated: 28 October 2025

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