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 30.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Mynyad Meid, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following landing the pilot was dragged sideways into a ditch.	Injury Pilot: Broken right hand- 2 metacarpal bones
Date 29.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Woldham 2, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Prior to tow launch, as tension came full the line the tow release partially failed resulting in the left bridle coming off with the tow line attached to the right bridle only. The launched was aborted when the pilot had reached 10ft. Landed ok.	Injury Unknown
Date 26.03.2002	Pilot Unknown	Location Ashover, Derbyshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary 2 PPGs reported flying low over Ashover , Derbyshire. Several captive birds of prey were spooked resulting in one being injured and subsequently put down.	Injury Unknown
Date 25.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: P	Location Leadlich, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Air Atos Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Following a xc flight the pilot misjudged the wind direction on landing resulting in a downwind landing.	Injury Pilot: Broken right anke: fibula; didnt go hospital for 2 days as thought it was just sprained
Date 24.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P	Location Bwlch Y Groes, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ADG Bi - Manta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Following a tandem flight it was discovered that one of the maillons connecting the riser to the spreader bar was undone and had stretched out of shape by approx 5mm.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location Big Fat Repack, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Pilot unable to release parachute from container during big fat repack parachute packing session. Reserve was repacked with the routing of the handle slightly modified - this then proved to be successful.	Injury Unknown
Date 23.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 32	Location Steyning Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Trekking Sunbeam Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Student fell during forward launch dislocating his knee cap.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated knee cap
Date 17.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Darley Moor, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary At 120ft during tow launch the pilot released the line completely from his chest release. He then pushed out causing the glider to stall. During the stall the glider turned out of wind, at 20 ft the pilot stalled the glider again impacting the ground.	Injury Pilot: Light bruising
Date 17.03.2002	Pilot Male	Location Horse Leys Farm, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic Iv Fr Launch Type: Vehicle/Boat Tow	Summary Pilot being towed behind land rover usng climbing rope with no weak link or release at either end. Glider drifted off course and impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, punctured lung, concussion, dl shoulder.
Date 17.03.2002	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Atherfield, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Alto Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Following launch the pilot to a steeper cliff area in search of stronger lift. The air in this area was quite turbulent. As the pilot turned the glider it caught by a gust and the pilot impacted the cliff with his ankle. He flew to the beach to land.	Injury Pilot: Fr/dl ankle

Last updated: 21 June 2025

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