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 26.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 42	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Spectra Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Student turned left into the hill rather than right as instructed.	Injury Pilot: Suspected fractured foot.
Date 23.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 57 Rating: CP	Location Brighstone, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Atto Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot injured foot during gentle lanbding.	Injury Pilot: Torn quadriceps tendon above knee joint.
Date 22.07.2001	Pilot Male	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student landed feet first on the side of the hill after instructions over the radio were ignored.	Injury Pilot: Bruised lower back.
Date 22.07.2001	Pilot Female Age: 25	Location Compton Bowl, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Airwave Reggae Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Student attempting top landing landed seated, canopy fell sideways.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle
Date 22.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: CP	Location Freathy, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Sportster Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot allow a turn to develop whilst launching his hang glider resulting in his right wingtip contacting the ground and the glider spinning into the hill. All this took place after 2 hours of paragliding.	Injury Pilot: Fr ribs, collar bone, 3 crushed vertebrae,nose. internal injuries to lungs etc. frontal dislocation of left femur. cuts to face etc.
Date 20.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 40 Rating: CP	Location Lejar S.e., Spain Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 3 Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy suffered large collapse during top to bottom flight, parachute deployed, did not open, pilot impacted mountain side.	Injury Pilot: Fr pelvis, 10 fractured ribs, lung damage.
Date 16.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP	Location Muggery Bottom, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Canopy suffered collapse during landing approach.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP	Location Plaine Joux, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: FreeX Flair Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot flying slowly during landing approach stalled through wind gradient.	Injury Pilot: Sprained ankle.
Date 01.07.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location Serra Do Loranco, Spain Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Icaro Laminar Mrx 2001st13 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilot forced to land on wheels after xc flight. Wheels snagged in ruts in the field the pilot swung through control frame.	Injury Pilot: Dislocated elbow.
Date 28.06.2001	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: CP	Location Letale, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Mistral Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Wind direction turned through 90 degrees during landing approach causing the canopy to stall.	Injury Pilot: Fr femur and rib.

Last updated: 15 May 2025

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