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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 27.08.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Studland Peninsula, Dorset., UK	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary PPG spotted flying too low over built up area.	Injury Unknown
Date 27.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P	Location Moel Elio, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Octane Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched into thermal lift. Almost immediately he turned back to take advantage of the lift. He misjudged his position within the thermal lift and flew into an area of sinking air above the hill causing him to lose 20ft and impact the hill.	Injury Pilot: Fr vertebra, l1.
Date 27.08.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Firle, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Mid air. Neither pilot identified.	Injury Unknown
Date 26.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: CP	Location Aspre - Sunbeuch, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Stealth Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Following take off the glider began to oscillate in roll / yaw - the pilot was unable to control these oscillations which increased in severity until the glider impacted the ridge.	Injury Pilot: Multiple fractures of arms and legs.
Date 26.08.2001	Pilot Female	Location South Cerney, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Whilst attempting to prevent a man from driving his car up and down a runway, the car collided with the injured parties legs.	Injury Pilot: Bruised legs.
Date 23.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 19 Rating: CP	Location Aspres, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Xact Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot failed to flare or perform a plf during landing, consequently landed very heavily.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower fibula.
Date 18.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 34	Location Ben Lawyers/ Maell Correneach, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Inexperienced pilot launched into strong conditions, stalled after take-off crashed into rock.	Injury Pilot: Two fractured lumbar vertebrae, fr ankle.
Date 14.08.2001	Pilot Female Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Le Grand Montet, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Xt 145 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Using the s turn approach method, the pilot misjudged his position and ended up one third of the way down the field with too much height. He then hit some turbulence and was turned, the result being an impact with a telegraph pole.	Injury Unknown
Date 13.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Hill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby 200 Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student pushed out on the control frame as the glider was hit by a gust, the glider stalled and impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fractured vertebrae, l3 and l4.
Date 12.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 27 Rating: CP	Location Col De Forclas, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Kiss 154 Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot stalled the glider whilst attempting to fly slowly in thermal lift, glider impacted the hill.	Injury Pilot: Swollen knee.

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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