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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 07.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 35 years	Location Westbury, Wiltshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot launched with his helmet chinstrap unfastened. The helmet fell off but was prevented from falling by a power cable to a helmet mounted camera.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 250 hours (10 hours) 200 flights (7 flights)	Location Leckhampton, Cheltenham, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was seen to attempt a top landing in gusty thermic conditions. The wing was seen to suffer asymmetric collapses at low level that led to the pilot impacting the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 02.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 42 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 30 hours (6 hours) 76 flights (13 flights)	Location Bratton Camp, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot misjudged his landing approach. In an attempt to avoid overshooting he reduced his airspeed and undertook low S turns, leading to a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.06.2020	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 38 years 1400 hours (5 hours) 3000 flights (21 flights)	Location Pendle Hill, Lancashire, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Very Strong, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot experienced a large asymmetric collapse in thermic conditions and lost control of his wing, leading to an impact with the ground.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Cervical Spine
Date 01.06.2020	Pilot Male	Location Blaenavon, Blaenavon, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary A launch assistant inadvertently deployed the emergency parachute during a tandem launch. The launch was aborted with the aid of a bystander who helped to secure the wing and emergency parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 31.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 49 years 1050 hours (2 hours) 1200 flights (3 flights)	Location Not stated, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Wills Wing T2c Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged distance on approach to landing and failed to maintain sufficient airspeed to flare, leading to a heavy landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 130 flights (6 flights)	Location Abingdon Army Base, Abingdon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Harley Harley 288 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary The pilot attempted to fly back to launch and was not able to turn into wind to land. He attempted a crosswind landing on tarmac at speed and sustained injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 30.05.2020	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Mam Tor, Peak District, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Rio2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was too low to turn to the landing field, being in close proximity to a line of trees between the slope he was flying and the landing field. He was seen to collide with the slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 30.05.2020	Pilot Male Rating: CP	Location Malverns Black Hill, Malverns, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: ICARO Stratos Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost control of the glider due to a failure in the control system, and collided with trees. He subsequently found that a spoiler wire was tangled around a rib.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 30.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 1000 hours (30 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Abingdon Airfield, Abingdon, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Other Wing: Harley Harley Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Upon release of the tow line, pilot induced a full stall and spin. During spin the break line snapped. Canopy self recovered. Pilot landed safely into wind using the rear risers.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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