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 3283 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 15.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 63 Flying Experience: 10 years 250 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (100 flights)	Location The Warren, Capel le Ferne, Folkestone, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in gusty conditions. Landed OK and then failed to control wing after being hit by a strong gust. Lost balance and was dragged to boundary of field. Wing impacted a large pile of rubble and sustained significant damage.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: CP	Location Newhaven cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Launch Type: Foot	Summary Red ribbon pilot lost control of glider while attempting to launch. Pilot was dragged into wall.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 05.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: Speed wing Flying Experience: 4 years 200 flights (100 flights)	Location Coignafearn, Highlands, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Swing Mirage 2 rs Launch Type: Foot	Summary Just after take off pilot carried out barrel roll. Once out of the roll, pilot carried out a further barrel roll but had misjudged the available height. Pilot crashed at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 04.03.2023	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 48 hours (5 hours) 135 flights (15 flights)	Location Gardenstown, Gardenstown, Aberdeen, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Duster Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and landed on the edge of breaking surf. Glider quickly became filled with water and sand. Pilot disconnected and dragged glider ashore.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.02.2023	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years	Location Big Fat Repack, Aldershot, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary During Big Fat repack, pilot found it extremely difficult to deploy his parachute from the Gin Genie Lite 2 harness, even with multiple pulls. System was correctly packed and installed. Harness zips did not fully open.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.02.2023	Pilot Rating: CP	Location Big Fat Repack, Aldershot, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: N/A Launch Type: Foot	Summary Following deployment at a repacking event, pilot found that the handle had become torn during the deployment. The seam holding the handle to the deployment back had ruptured.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.02.2023	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 32 years 315 hours (25 hours) 426 flights (13 flights)	Location El Penon, Valle de Bravo, Mexico Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched from mountain take-off and proceeded to fasten harness zip. In doing so pilot entered a gentle left turn and also slowed glider. Pilot entered a stalled left turn and collided with trees, falling to the ground below.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 23.02.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 41 years 350 hours (40 hours) 650 flights (60 flights)	Location Wingland Airfield, Spalding, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Solo Launch Type: Powered Engine: Bulldog, Moster 185	Summary During a 'go around' at 50ft agl, half of the carbon propeller detached causing severe vibrations. A fault with the pre-production Iris "Quickie" propeller hub was suspected.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 19.02.2023	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 500 hours (75 hours) 500 flights (75 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Maestro Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched then noticed that a rise had become caught in the B/C riser pull system. This caused the wing to enter a turn but pilot was able to release it with difficulty.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.02.2023	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 21 years 900 hours (2 hours) 1800 flights (4 flights)	Location Milk Hill White Horse, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple 7 Rook 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled while ridge soaring and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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