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 11.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: CP	Location Field At Inverhegang, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Aeros Target Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot launched a powere HG directly downwind of some powere lines. He was unable to gain sufficient height to clear the lines which he subsequently flew into.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.
Date 11.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: P	Location Brown Edge, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Airwave Klassie Launch Type: Powered	Summary During an attempted powered HG launch the aircraft drifted off course toward some trees. The pilot was unable to corrrect the situation and collided with a large bush.	Injury Unknown
Date 10.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: P	Location Merthyr, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Solar Wings Rumour 1	Summary Inexperienced pilot was inadvertently turned by turbulent air whilst ridge soaring. With insufficient airspeed the pilot was unable to correct the turn which resulted in a collision with the hill.	Injury Pilot: Soft tissue- facial, bruised hand & ribs, concussion, unconscious for approx 5 min, air helicopter to myrtha hospital
Date 07.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Tailbridge, UK Wind Strength: 40-48 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Non member attempted 360 degree turn following launch - insufficient height resulted in him impacting the hill.	Injury Unknown
Date 07.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: AP	Location Rowter Farm, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: La Mouette Topless Launch Type: Powered Engine: Mosquito	Summary Pilot attempted to launch his powered hang glider upslope but was unable to achieve sufficient airspeed. The left wing dropped and the control frame impacted the ground breaking the left upright, the impact caused the prop to catch the sail.	Injury Unknown
Date 06.07.2002	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Samba 29 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Helicopter had to change course to avoid pgs flying coastal site.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.07.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Unknown	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Unauthorised balloon landings on regular basis taking place at Shadoxhurst (monksfield).	Injury Unknown
Date 24.06.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Hunstanton, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird A Yellow One	Summary Pilot seen to attampt launch at foot of low cliffs. Canopy inflated dragging pilot over cliff tops into parked cars. Pilot then verbally abused car owner and hit the car with his helmet.	Injury Unknown
Date 24.06.2002	Pilot Female Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: La Mouette Topless Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot attempting to top land in strong conditions struggled to turn the glider into wind whilst on the downwind leg. She tried apply more force by putting her feet onto the bottom bar, before returning to prone. She impacted the ground i the final turn.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP	Location Woolacombe, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xtralite Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Concussion, bruises, cut lip & tongue and chipped tooth

Last updated: 12 June 2025

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