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 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Ventura Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary During tow launch the pilot heard a thud followed by the glider pitching nose down. The pilot couldnt find his reserve parachute handle and impacted the ground heavily. He then discovered that his parachute had accidentally deployed during the launch.	Injury Pilot: Bruised left leg and back; to casualty at cottage hospital- buxton
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kimmeridge, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4	Summary During daily inspection the pilot discovered the nut attaching the cross tube to the leading edge was loose with the thread well worn.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield Bay, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary The pilot became aware that he was catching another paraglider pilot also soaring in the same direction. He tried to over take the pilot on the cliff side but had insufficient room. The pilots wing collided with the leading pilots harness.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: CP	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Magic : Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Whilst attempting to top land in gusty conditions the pilot flew the downwind leg with insufficient airspeed. This resulted in him having difficulty turning back into wind. The pilot landed cross wind on a road behind the landing area.	Injury Pilot: Unconscious > 1hr/ face helicopter to shrewsbury royal hospital, head & neck
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 28	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary As 096.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Independance: Avalon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Paraglider pilot flying in strong conditions, was seen to fly downwind behind the ridge whilst low. The pilot reappeared almost upside down in his harness. He then flew downwind again and the canopy was seen to collapse. Pilot was uninjured.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot experienced turbulence during his landing approach, resulting in a wing dropping and an upright breaking as it hit the ground.	Injury Unknown
Date 20.06.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Kimmeridge, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic 4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Following launch the pilot was unable to assume the prone position in the harness. Upon later inspection he discovered that the internal harness chord had broken.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.06.2002	Pilot Male	Location Glynde Sussex	Wing Type Paraglider	Summary Report received from sussex police, awaiting IR.	Injury Pilot: Unspecified. ambulance called.

Last updated: 22 June 2025

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