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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location West Firle, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot over shot twice whilst attempting to top land. Following his second attempt the canopy suffered a collapse to the right wing causing it rotate and then dive into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Spinal, compression fracture
Date 21.09.2002	Pilot Male	Location Monks Down, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Canopy inflated whilst pilot was prearing for flight, as it did so it caused an airborne pilot to take evasive action.	Injury Unknown
Date 21.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Twichill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: SKY PARAGLIDERS Yang Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tripped whilst running on take off.	Injury Pilot: Compression fracture to left ankle
Date 20.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary During hang check the noseman noticed that the pilots harness shoulder rope was frayed. It appeared that the rope had been overstitched causing the cord to melt.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.09.2002	Pilot Female Age: 31 Rating: Novice	Location Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student stalled glider on low hop.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle
Date 19.09.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Kiss	Summary Pilot was seen to misjudge his landing approach and land heavily on a road.	Injury Pilot: Unconscious, ambulance called, dr on scene
Date 19.09.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Whilst flying with nearly full speed bar on the pilot noticed that one of the speed bar lines had become free of its pulley. On inspection he noticed that the pin holding the pulley had gradually worked its way loose.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Annecy, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse, Mkii Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Downcourt, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Booster Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot stalled canopy whilst in big ears, canopy dropped back 30 degrees, pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Bruising concussion
Date 15.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP	Location Downcourt, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Booster L Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy stalled whilst in big ears, pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Severe bruising to the buttocks, concussion.

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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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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