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 21.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flying Planet- Spirit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst thermal soaring in strng conditions the pilot over controlled the canopy causing it to spin. He immediately threw his emergency parachute which successfully deployed. .	Injury Pilot: Sore back
Date 20.07.2002	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Barton, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Serek Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During tow launch the weak link broke. The protective muff remained attached to the tow line therefore the unprotected end recoiled and hit the pilot in the mouth.	Injury Pilot: Impact to top lip and frount tooth
Date 20.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Butser West, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Alvion Elan Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Midair collision with model aircraft - hang glider continued to fly unaffected, model broke in impact.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46	Location Bell Hill, Blandford, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary HG pilot noticed PG being blown backwards towards his parked glider. PG was blown over flat HG. HG pilot caught PG tip lines deflating the canopy.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xyon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following launch the pilot took one wrap on the controls. He then encountered rising air in which he applied both controls with the intention of slowing the glider down, the result of this was that the canopy stalled. and the pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Small bite to tongue
Date 18.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: P	Location Chabre-Larange, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Fast jet narrowly missed a hang glider soaring the ridge at 200ft. Approxi mate separation 100ft.	Injury Unknown
Date 17.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 29	Location Hay Bluff, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird @ Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student failed to follow radio instruction during a soaring flight which resulted in him flying too close to the hill. The student did not turn away from the hill as he got lower and collided with the slope.	Injury Pilot: Broken ankle
Date 17.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Woldingham 2, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student encountered lift during low hop as he did so he applied some control - on instruction to release the control the pilot did so and swung forward resulting in a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 15.07.2002	Pilot Female Rating: CP	Location Westbury (North), UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot encountered turbulence whilst flying downwind towards the ridge. Her canopy dived forward and impacted some trees.	Injury Pilot: Neck and leg stiffness
Date 14.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Elidir, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Bibeta Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During attmpted tandem launch the pilot and passenger tripped and fell onto stoney ground.	Injury Pilot: Slight custs and bruising one stitch required

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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