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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 29.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Rushup Edge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Stealth *Pl Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Glider had uncontrollable right turn - only discovered after launch - pilot impacted the hill. Glider had been crashed on previous flight - no damage discovered.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, lacerated knee
Date 28.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43	Location Tailbridge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Confidence Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student misjudged his height whilst making his first soaring attempt,impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Broken ankle
Date 28.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43	Location Tailbridge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Confidence Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student attempting first soaring flight impacted the ground at the end of his first beat - wind speed dropped during the beat causing pg to sink.	Injury Pilot: Broken right leg
Date 28.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Sentra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attmpted to launch with one leg strap undone. He realised before taking off and aborted the flight.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 62	Location Unknown	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Harness webbing found to be stitched to harness material at load points.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P	Location Die Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Magic 3 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot attempting to launch in light wind conditions did not generate sufficient airspeed during take-off run. Witnesses said nose was too high. Glider stalled and fell over 40ft cliff edge into trees.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.09.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary New helmet - buckle discovered to come undone in flight.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.09.2002	Pilot Male Rating: AP	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Saber	Summary Pink undersurface fabric found to be severely degraded by UV during inspection - remainder of the canopy in good condition.	Injury Unknown
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

Last updated: 16 June 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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