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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 16.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 2 hours (2 hours) 9 flights (9 flights)	Location Bo Peep, Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Epsilon 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The incident pilot was attempting to ground handle in gusty conditions. The pilot lost control of their paraglider and was dragged and lifted in a gust, leading to a heavy landing and injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 16.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 14 hours (6 hours) 47 flights (16 flights)	Location Farmer's Field, Nantwich, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Niviuk Qubik Launch Type: Powered Engine: P.AP., Tinox Atom 80	Summary The pilot made a fast landing not directly into wind and without a complete landing flare. The pilot fell and put their right arm out as they fell, sustaining injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 14.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1500 hours (9 hours) 1500 flights (12 flights)	Location Parlick West, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot top landed in a fresh wind and was dragged. They were unable to control the paraglider after touchdown as a plastic buckle on their glove had caught and become entangled with the speed system line.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years	Location Long Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire, UK Conditions: Strong, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was soaring in wind of increasing strength and was unable to penetrate into wind without the speed system applied to its maximum. The pilot lost control of their wing following touchdown on the top of the hill and was dragged before regaining control.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 57 hours (40 hours) 300 flights (150 flights)	Location Firle, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched in a lull in-between gust fronts and used the speed system to avoid being blown back. On touchdown the pilot lost control of the wing and was dragged and flipped over, landing on their head.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Harting Down, West Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Eagle Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot stalled their their hang glider on launch and lost control, causing the glider to rotate into the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 34 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 65 hours (65 hours) 60 flights (60 flights)	Location Firle, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Pi3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Mid air collision between model aircraft and paraglider. The paraglider pilot was uninjured and performed a safe top landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 10 years 222 hours (5 hours) 285 flights (36 flights)	Location Leckhampton Hill, Leckhampton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Xi Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched in turbulent conditions and lost control of the wing in sinking air whilst attempting to top land.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 11.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 28 years 30 hours (1 hour) 318 flights (6 flights)	Location Harting Down, South Harting, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing Sport 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was assisted on launch by another pilot holding the nose wires. This assistant found that the nose wires became disconnected and came away in their hands. The launch was aborted. Upon inspection it was found that if the nose wires were held with one hand near the nose plate, the nose wire disconnection could be replicated.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.04.2021	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 1000 hours (30 hours)	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Allegro Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged the wind direction whilst attempting a slope landing and hit a protruding area of ground following a fast approach, causing injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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