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 29.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Marfield Beacon, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Fractured hip and leg, helicopter to hospital
Date 28.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P	Location Branscombe, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xyon 124 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following a recent repack the pilot emergency parachute accidentally deployed.	Injury Pilot: Broken vertebra l1 & l3, compresed l1, wedge l3
Date 28.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P	Location Col Dela Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Typhoon S4 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Paraglider pilot attempted to launch whilst a hang glider was stood waiting to launch at the one and only TO spot. The PG pilot failed to control his canopy which then dragged him into the HG.	Injury Unknown
Date 26.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36	Location Sarn, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot seen to be applying controls too aggressively. The canopy entered a spin, and after one and a half rotations recovered and dived toward the hill. The pilot impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Xchin, lower back, left leg, ambulance to shrewsbury hospital
Date 26.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Sarn, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Up Makalu Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot overcontrolled his canopy when attempting to turn in thermal lift. The canopy suffered a collapse and pendulumed into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fractured ankle, broken lower leg, broken vertabra, cracked ribs
Date 25.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Mars Illaro Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary As the glider approached the ground following a low hop the student pulled in the control frame causing the glider to dive into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fractured humerous, 1st aid & to derbyshire royal infirmary
Date 24.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Brake lines discovered to be worn where they pass through pulley.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP	Location Bell Hill, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot almost dragged whilst attempting to launch.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Airways Flight Park, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot tow launched whilst wearing doodlebug power harness - engine off. At 20ft glider drifted off line - tow aborted - pilot unable to control gliders direction, drifted off course, pilot landed heavily on right side.	Injury Pilot: Broken bones in elbow, ambulance to derbyshire royal infirmary
Date 24.08.2002	Pilot Male Rating: AP	Location The Blorenge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Oasis Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst thermal soaring tha canopy entered a spin which the pilot didnt immediately recognise. The pilot countered the turn by braking the opposite wing causing the canopy to stall. With insufficient height for recovery the pilot threw his parachute.	Injury Unknown

Last updated: 17 June 2025

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