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).

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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 17.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Curium Ridge, Cyprus., Cyprus Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Electron Large Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot tried to remain airborne in weak conditions, sank too low to reach a safe landing field, landed heavily in unsuitable (small, fenced) area.	Injury Pilot: Fr lower left leg.
Date 15.06.2001	Pilot Female Age: 23	Location Dune Du Pyla, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student misjudged landing approach which resulted in her having insufficient height to make her final turn, crashed dsuring the turn.	Injury Pilot: Fractured right fibula.
Date 12.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 21	Location Pen Hale, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Harmony Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Torn ligament/tendon left knee.
Date 11.06.2001	Pilot Unknown	Location Cheiron, France Conditions: Gusts	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Gashed leg
Date 09.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 20	Location UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary No details.	Injury Pilot: Not given
Date 09.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Dunstable Downs, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Proton Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot launched as rain was approaching. Conditions became turbulent and the canopy suffeed a collapse recovering after a drop of 30-40ft. The pilot began to get blown back before suffering a second collapse from which the canopy didnt recover.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated shoulder
Date 04.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 60	Location Tollgate, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Prima 30 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student tore bicep muscle during forward launch .	Injury Pilot: Suspected torn bicep (l)
Date 04.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Melverley, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Edel Sabre (L) Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Pilot failed to flare sufficiently on landing and fell over on landing.	Injury Pilot: Fractured (l) ankle
Date 01.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP	Location St Vincent Les Forts, France Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Magic Kiss Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot failed to generate sufficient airspeed on launch glider stalled and the pilot impacted a road below launch area.	Injury Pilot: Fractured left heel bone, cut right elbow.
Date 29.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: AP	Location Laragne, France	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider	Summary Side wire broke as the pilot turned above the landing area.	Injury Pilot: Fatal.

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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