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 25.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years 500 hours (6 hours) (20 flights)	Location Oludeniz, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot did not realise he had damaged some lines during an earlier failed launch. While attempting a rotational exercise the inner A, B and C line snapped. The wing was deformed but the pilot was able to land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 270 hours (40 hours) 398 flights (54 flights)	Location Mam Tor, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot got caught in leeside turbulence behind the ridge causing an asymmetric collapse. Pilot impacted hill heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 30	Location Milk Hill WHite Horse, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land in increasingly wind conditions. Pilot was going backwards when he touched down but was unable to collapse the wing. Pilot was lifted up and back into a fence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 14.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 32 hours (15 hours) 105 flights (30 flights)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ICARO Gravis2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to spot land but slowed glider too much causing a stall on one side of the wing. Pilot landed heavily from the resulting spin.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Thoracic Spine
Date 10.04.2022	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 3 hours	Location Rushup Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Koyot 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged descent and collided with a fence post on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 10.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 23 years 2000 hours (40 hours) 800 flights (20 flights)	Location Parlick, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsillon Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was stood beside glider and not in harness when a gust pulled the glider. A line caught pilots foot pulling the pilot over.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries Passenger: Unhurt
Date 10.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 4 years 9 hours (6 hours) 30 flights (25 flights)	Location Rushup, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Flow Paragliders Cosmos Launch Type: Foot	Summary Having lost height while soaring pilot jarred knee while attempting to slope land.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 09.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: AP	Location UK	Wing Type Paraglider Launch Type: Foot	Summary During check pilot noticed that the lines holding the pod closed and the emergency parachute in place had frayed. They had frayed to the extent that they would no longer pass through the ceramic loops with ease. A break to the line could render the parachute unusable. The harness had 7 flight hours.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years	Location Bell Hill, Blandford Forum, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8	Summary Pilot was approaching to land in gusty and windy conditions when his glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. The pilot was unable to recover before impacting heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 06.04.2022	Pilot Male Age: 23 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 13 hours (2 hours) 25 flights (3 flights)	Location Babadag 1200m, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered accidental parachute deployment on launch. Handle was not checked prior to launch. Parachute has been repacked and checked and found to be satisfactory.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 19 May 2025

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