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 3283 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.09.2001	Pilot Female Age: 35 Rating: P	Location Montmin, Col De La Forclaz, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova X-Act Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pink Nova fabric tore easily . The glider was three years old and had been flown for 79 hours.	Injury Unknown
Date 18.09.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location UK	Wing Type Wing: Moyes Xtralight	Summary Two carbon fibre dive sticks broke in separate incidents, one on an extacy the other an xtralight sx2.	Injury Unknown
Date 15.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h	Wing Type Powered PG Launch Type: Powered	Summary Pilot failed to execute an emergency canopy collapse following an aborted forward launch. Part of the canopy contacted the motor causing damage to the lines and prop.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Sourton Tor, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student flew into a rocky outcrop during an extended top to bottom flight. .	Injury Pilot: Two broken legs.
Date 10.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Amour	Summary Batten trapped under the mylar leading edge caused severe turn in flight, pilot didnt realise until hed landed.	Injury Unknown
Date 09.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 44	Location Scottish Aerotow Centre, Thornhill., UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Apollo Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Following a tow release at 400ft the pilot initiated a 360 degree turn. Before completing the turn he realised that he was very low, and so tried to tighten the turn. The canopy left wingtip then stalled and the canopy spun into the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fr (r) tibia
Date 05.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 30	Location Ditchling Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Atlas Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student applied too much control following launch, eased up after being instructed to do so, as he eased up the canopy pitched forward and the student impacted the slope.	Injury Pilot: Fr ankle.
Date 04.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP	Location Baba Dag, Turkey Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Pure Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary During spiral dive at siv course, the D ring of the harness broke causing the pilot to weight shift into the dive exacerbating the manouevre. The pilot applied outside brake and recovered the situation.	Injury Unknown
Date 04.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 23	Location Seeg, Germany Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst practicing ground handling the student was dragged across a nearby canopy. The hooks in the students boots snagged on the lines of this canopy causing damage to the lines.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.09.2001	Pilot Male Age: 18	Location Seeg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary During a top to bottom flight the student encountered sinking air whilst performing a left turn. With insufficient height to correct this the student was instructed via radio to flare. He landed fast and did a judo roll.	Injury Pilot: Bruised right shoulder and back.

Last updated: 16 May 2025

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