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 3308 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 28.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: AP	Location Lowca, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Whilst soaring in windy conditions with the speed bar applied the canopy suffered a 80% deflation causing the glider to turn right. The situation deteriorated with the canopy cravtting and then entering a full stall. Pilot impacted heavily.	Injury Pilot: Severe bruising to back, ribs and knees.
Date 27.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP	Location Merther, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Hang Glider Rigid Wing: Flight Design Ghost Buster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot misjudged his landing approach resulting in him being too low. The pilot then flew into twp parked cars at the downwind end of the landing field.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated elbow, internal bruising - lung,liver and kidney.
Date 20.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 49	Location Muggery, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Windtech Coral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student failed to run during forward launch, sitting into the harness immediately and impactein the ground.	Injury Pilot: Hurt ankle
Date 18.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Otiva, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Medium Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student launched without instructor present - instructor then arrived and gave instruction over radio. Student didnt follow advice which resulted in canopy entering flat spin, canopy recovered student landed on the slope.	Injury Unknown
Date 16.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P	Location Butser Hill, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Fr (r) forearm, bruised upper body.
Date 15.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP	Location Otiva, Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Medium Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student attempted 360 degree turn with insufficient distance from the maountain, resulted in slope landing.	Injury Unknown
Date 13.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 50	Location Mam Torr, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Bruised back.
Date 12.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 27	Location Limerston, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus 25.1 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Unknown
Date 12.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 34	Location Seeg, Germany Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird Matrix Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Whilst the student was launching there was a change in wind direction. The student did not react to this which resulted in the canopy drifting from the intended flight path into some trees. The student landed in the trees.	Injury Unknown
Date 11.10.2001	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: CP	Location Sieghford, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Airwave Classic 14 Launch Type: Powered Engine: Radne, Racket 120	Summary The hand throttle on a powered hg harness caught behind the rear rigging wire during flight causing a climbing turn.	Injury Pilot: Bruised shoulder.

Last updated: 11 July 2025

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