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 3339 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 28.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP	Location Shining Tor, Buxton, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was observed being dragged on the launch area.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 28.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 600 hours (20 hours) 600 flights (15 flights)	Location Tailbridge, Yorkshire Dales, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Puma Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was making a second flight on their new wing. After lift-off, the pilot pulled on speed to to fly away from the hill and brought about pilot-induced oscillations which worsened with increasingly large control inputs, ultimately resulting in a crash 30 seconds later in the bottom landing field, breaking an upright.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 23.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 889 hours (33 hours) 891 flights (31 flights)	Location Carn Mor, Chapeltown of Glenlivet, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alpina 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot made a running reverse launch and tripped on heather, twisting their knee and sustaining an injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 20.05.2025	Pilot Unknown	Location N/A, N/A, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Halo PG harness	Summary An inspection of an emergency parachute system was carried out following an unplanned opening of the emergency parachute compartment. It was reported that the closure loop had not been inserted through the harness grommets, in contravention with the manufacturer’s instructions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 5 years 80 hours (7 hours) 360 flights (34 flights)	Location Leckhampton, Cheltenham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Rise 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot made a low turn on landing approach to avoid an electric fence and landed heavily, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 11.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 1 year 21 hours (8 hours)	Location Mt Caburn, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Alta Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was blown into the lee of the hill in a gust front, and experienced a number of asymmetric collapses.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 101 hours (6 hours) 126 flights (7 flights)	Location Pandy, Monmouthshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Aeros Discus Launch Type: Foot	Summary On landing approach the pilot manoeuvred to avoid power lines and stalled the right wing, causing a sharp turn close to the ground. On landing, the pilot noticed that the VG was still on.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 956 hours (56 hours) 1200 flights (38 flights)	Location Pinnacle Hill, Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot encountered strong lift in turbulent conditions and their paraglider suffered a collapse which developed into an autorotation with twisted risers. The pilot descended under their emergency parachute, landing on a high hedge, from which they fell to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 04.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 30 years 1200 hours (20 hours) 400 flights (6 flights)	Location Dirt Low, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Meru 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot lost control of the paraglider on launch is gusty conditions and was lifted and dropped back to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 03.05.2025	Pilot Male Age: 75 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 3000 hours (45 hours) 2000 flights (30 flights)	Location Maiden Castle, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 12DLS Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was pulled to one side on launch and stumbled on the rough terrain.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 13 November 2025

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