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 06.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Perranporth, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bandit Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot performing low level wing overs impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Broken pelvis (open book) dislocated elbow, torn bladder.
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location High Edge- Training Field, UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Student injured neck whilst attempting PLF from kneeling position.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Condover Feastival, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Freex Pure Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Tow release webbing pulled riser through carabiner prior to tow launch. The webbing loop tightened around the speed bar line pulley area. This was noticed after take-off. Pilot released at 700ft and landed safely.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male	Location Condover Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Powered Engine: Doodlebug	Summary Pilot attempted to launch diagonally across runway strip but failed to gain sufficient altitude to clear rough long grass - he impacted the long grass, beaking the prop and tearing the gliders sail.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Female	Location Condover Airfield, UK	Wing Type Wing: Avian Amour	Summary Mylar insert folded onto itself inside the leading edge - discovered by another pilot.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot flying downwind to intended landing field realised that he would not reach the field. Having left himself no other landing options, and with a large ditch beneath him, the pilot opted to land downwind. He impacted the downwind side of the ditch.	Injury Pilot: Fractured l1 vertibrea, airlifted to royal preston hospital
Date 02.08.2002	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P	Location Candover, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sportlite 396 Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary During tow launch the tow line finger trap loop came loose approximately 40 ft AGL. The pilot applkied brake to control the forward surge and impacted the ground feet first.	Injury Pilot: Bruising to lower back
Date 31.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Pilot flew canopy slowly whilst close to the ground - canopy stalled asymmetrically at 20ft - pilot impacted the gound.	Injury Pilot: Serious head injuries.
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

Last updated: 17 June 2025

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