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 19.07.2021	Pilot Male Rating: AP	Location Mt Caburn, Lewes, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: N/A N/A	Summary Upon inspection by the pilot it was discovered that the airbag material of the harness had stuck to itself, compromising its inflating function. The material was prised apart by the pilot. It was noted that the ambient temperature was high and this may have affected the material.	Injury Unknown
Date 19.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 300 hours (20 hours)	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot encountered sinking air as the wind had changed to be across the hill. The pilot was unable to turn away from the hill in time and landed hard, incurring minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 18.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: P Flying Experience: 34 years	Location Dee Estuary, Hoylake, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered HG Wing: Airplay Grif 3DC Launch Type: Powered Engine: Vittorazi, Moster	Summary The control frame was pulled in towards the pilot and rolled to the right during a taxi-ing manoeuvre. The propeller struck the rear wire, which was completely severed. The pilot ceased flight operations.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 2 hours (2 hours) 10 flights (10 flights)	Location Blaenavon, Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot elected to make a slope landing and made a fast approach. They rolled on touch-down, causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 17.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 18 years 1000 hours (18 hours) 500 flights (11 flights)	Location Clough Head, Grassmere, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: 777 Queen 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced severe turbulence on landing approach, which caused a series of collapses. The pilot took action to avoid collision with a wall and landed with the wing settling in a tree.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 10 hours 25 flights	Location Bradwell Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged their landing approach and collided with a tree.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 17.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 10 hours 25 flights	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged a landing approach and landed in a tree, sustaining minor injuries.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 08.07.2021	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 29 years	Location Wingland, Lincolnshire, UK	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Solo Launch Type: Foot	Summary During preflight check the pilot noticed that the helmet cable had snapped at the cable junction on their Icaro UL paramotor helmet.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.06.2021	Pilot Male Rating: P	Location Combe Gibbet, Inkpen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched in light conditions and encountered an area of lift, in which they applied the controls. The wing was seen to drop back then pitched forward asymmetrically, before experiencing a full frontal collapse. The pilot was too low to recover to normal flight and impacted the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 28.06.2021	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 36 years 600 hours (20 hours) (30 flights)	Location Dodd Fell, Yorkshire Dales, UK	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RX Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot failed to clip in to the glider. This was spotted by a pilot bystander and corrected before take off.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 20 May 2025

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