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 12.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 38	Location Col De Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Calypso Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot attempting to land in an unfamiliar landing field. His downwind leg of the appraoch was too low which meant he had to make a steep/ tight turn into the field. As he made this turn the glider tip stalled and the pilot hit a bush.	Injury Pilot: Severe contusion chest and upper arm.
Date 09.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP	Location Hill Farm, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student encountered turbulence during tow launch - he attempted to correct the gliders direction but overcontrolled the glider resulting in him now facing downwind. He continued his downwind flight path until he impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr cervical vertebra * 2.
Date 07.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Mission	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fractured (2) vertebrae (upper lumbar), possible fr ankle.
Date 07.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP	Location Col De La Forclaz, France	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Pulse Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary PG and HG flying toward each other head on. At the last moment the HG turned right to avoid a collision and the PG turned left, HG tumbled and crashed in slope.	Injury Pilot: Cuts and bruises.
Date 07.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P	Location Col De Forlaz, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Flame Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary See IR 01/089.	Injury Pilot: Slight bruising, r knee and neck.
Date 04.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 32-40 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Java	Summary A gust caused the glider to lift - the pilot reacted by grabbing the gliders upright and his wife held the leading edge midway along its length. They noticed that the cross tube was badly bent.	Injury Unknown
Date 02.08.2001	Pilot Male Age: 37	Location Mittag, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary The canopy inflated unevenly during launch. The student managed to correct this but the student was now 20 degrees off his intended heading. The canopy lines scraped some ski cables located to the left of launch. Student recovered normal flight .	Injury Unknown
Date 31.07.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Joint Services Equipment Inspection., UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 31.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: AP	Location St Andre, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Combat	Summary Pilot hit tree during landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur, concussion and loss of consciousness for more than three days, fr metacarpel.
Date 30.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P	Location Thurnham, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr both legs, two vertebrae.

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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