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 31.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP	Location Crows Hall, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot allowed glider to go off-line during aerotow. Possibly flying too slow.	Injury Pilot: Concussion and bruising
Date 30.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Low level weak link break leading to difficult landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor bruising of thumb.
Date 30.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: AP	Location Shining Tor, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Laminar St Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruised ribs.
Date 29.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Sennybridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: PRIMA Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 28.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: Novice	Location Mamtor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Muse Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Broken leg
Date 26.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: Novice	Location Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 27 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Right ankle, fracture posterior maleus.
Date 22.03.2003	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Big Collin, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 22.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: QUATRX Wndtech Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Poss, fracture vertebrae
Date 21.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: Novice	Location Tailbridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Santana Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Lowerback
Date 16.03.2003	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Selston, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Powered Engine: Rad, mxl	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 15 May 2025

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