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 3339 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 05.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: CP	Location Chirk Airfield, UK Wind Strength: 8-16 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsillon 3 (Medium) Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Following a tow launch the pilot flew downwind to the landing area had insufficient height to make final turn into wind.	Injury Pilot: Double fracture of right tibia and fibula.
Date 05.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP	Location Reighton, UK Wind Strength: 24-32 km/h Conditions: Smooth/Steady	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Apco Fiesta Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot seen to be flying well behind the cliff edge. Canopy then seen to enter several severe manouevres before pilot impacted cliff top.	Injury Pilot: Fractured (r) tibia and fibula, (l) ankle, sternum and ribs on left side.
Date 05.05.2001	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Westward Ho, UK Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Firebird G Sport Launch Type: Foot (Assisted)	Summary Pilot became aware that the wind had picked up, could not penetrate forward resulting in him being blown back over the cliff top, cliiped roof of bungalow before crashing.	Injury Pilot: Sprained wrist
Date 01.05.2001	Pilot Female Age: 51 Rating: P	Location Unknown	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Parachute would not pull free from the harness.	Injury Unknown
Date 13.04.2001	Pilot Male Age: 54	Location Cranes Corner, UK Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Variable	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Hi Way Stubby Launch Type: Winch Tow	Summary Student veered off course during tow launch, attempted to correct the turn but had insufficient airspeed, Student swung through control frame.	Injury Pilot: Broken upper arm.
Date 10.04.2001	Pilot Male Age: 29 Rating: P	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: APCO Futura	Summary Canopy fabric discovered to be 1/2 the minimum strength during inspection.	Injury Unknown
Date 03.04.2001	Pilot Male Age: 55	Location Reading Leisure Centre Repack, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary At BFR reserve deployed with centre pull line over canopy, - re-packed inside out.	Injury Unknown
Date 01.04.2001	Pilot Male Age: 33 Rating: CP	Location Babadag, Turkey Wind Strength: 16-24 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Carbon Launch Type: Foot (Reverse)	Summary Pilot attempted to launch was dragged and became tangled in the lines of his friends canopy and then became airborne with friends canopy wrapped around his head. Another pilot assisted in bringing him down.	Injury Pilot: Grazes.
Date 31.03.2001	Pilot Male Age: 47	Location Lady Manners School Buxton, UK	Wing Type Unknown	Summary Re-pack night several parachute problems discovered.	Injury Unknown
Date 18.03.2001	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P	Location Kennedy Near Nice, France Wind Strength: 0-8 km/h Conditions: Thermic	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave K4 Launch Type: Foot (Forward)	Summary Pilkot realised wind strength had picked up considerably during flight decided to fly xc to a flatter area to land. Landed in very strong wind, was blown backward into trees.	Injury Pilot: Compound fracture right tibia and fibula.

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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