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 28.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Private Land, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Gradient Onyx Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot started engine of paramotor whilst supporting the frame. The canopy remained packed away. The engine revs were high pushing the unit forward. The pilot reacted by pushing out with his left hand which contacted the prop causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Left hand index finger 50% of tip severed, fingers 2 & 3 removed amputated to first joint. little finger 3mm of tip removed
Date 28.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP	Location Nanty Moel, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst ground handling the pilot realised that the split A risers on the right of his canopy were rigged incorrectly from the manufacturer.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student twisted ankle whilst landing.	Injury Pilot: Twisted and sprained right ankle- first aid on site
Date 26.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Milton Keynes, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Fractured vertibrae and internal injuries
Date 24.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Ffochiw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot flew into the rear of another PG. His canopy suffered an asymmetric collapse followed by a 90 degree turn resulting in downwind track. The canopy dived forward and did not regain normal flight before the pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fracture to upper arm, 2 suspected fractured vertibrae, air helicopter to prnce charles hospital- merthyr
Date 24.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP	Location Ffochiw, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Jive Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot launched and gained height and flew into the rear of another airborne pilot - the canopy striking the airborne pilots body. The canopy of the lower pilot collapsed completey and the pilot fell 100ft to the ground.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Cox Tor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student stepped on his own leg as landed. Canopy was penduluming sideways at the time.	Injury Pilot: Broken leg- abulance to hospital
Date 22.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P	Location Rosen Garten Dolomites, Italy Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Groove Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempting to utilise lift whilst low and in the lee of a tree line. His canopy suffered a collapse and then entered a spiral dive. The pilot impacted the slope.	Injury Pilot: Broken ankle and 2 broken vertibrae l1 & l4
Date 21.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, Blandford, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot dragged backwards during attempted launch.	Injury Unknown
Date 21.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Abertysswg, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix	Summary Low level collapse due to turbulence - pilot impacted hill having failed to make correct recovery inputs.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.

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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