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 04.11.2002	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P	Location Cold Norton, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Solar Wings Rumour 2 Launch Type: Powered Engine: RADNE 120	Summary Prop shaft support block came loose causing prop shaft to wander which resulted in thrust line changing and bad left turn.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus	Summary Worn pulleys discovered to be causing damage to the control lines.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP	Location Peters Paradise Greece, GR Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilots foot trapped when he released speed bar, canopy suffered a collapse, pilot seen to be applying too much control during descent. IMpacted ground hard.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Peters Paradise Epidaunos, GR Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Vibe Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Canopy over flew pilot whilst attempting to launch - pilot fell over.	Injury Pilot: Fractured radius
Date 13.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Mars Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Glider drifted off to the right during low tow launch, student turned right instead of left causing glider to turn more quickly, impacted the ground heavily.	Injury Pilot: Bruised eye, stiff neck (later)
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2002	Pilot Male	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Extreme Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 07.10.2002	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP	Location Ireland Field, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Apco Ventura Launch Type: Powered Engine: VITTORAZI, 100CC	Summary Pilot started power unit at full revs, attmpted to stabilise unit by holding cage, hand slipped through netting and contacted propellor.	Injury Pilot: Thumb & first finger of right hand tips ripped by propeller

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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