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 3234 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 04.01.2020	Pilot Male Age: 20 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 35 hours (4 hours) 136 flights (32 flights)	Location Butser West, South Downs, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Makalu 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made safe landing just out of landing field but dropped glider down on to tall bushes.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 20 hours (10 hours) 40 flights (20 flights)	Location Newhaven Cliffs, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted a 360 degree turn but misjudged height and distance from the slope. Pilot landed in field of brambles.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 5 years 3 flights	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student stopped running prior to launch resulting in glider overflying student and pulling him over.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 25.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years	Location Bradwell, Bradwell, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Air Design Susi 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made a tight turn while ridge soaring then attempted a slope landing. Glider had not fully settled after the tight turn and was pitching while the pilot attempted to land. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 16.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 35 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 2 hours (2 hours) 9 flights (6 flights)	Location Nantymoel, SE Wales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Flight In Clouds, Fog	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Icaro 2000 Pica Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top-land due to the formation orographic cloud. Pilot misjudged approach and collided with the hill.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Pelvis
Date 11.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P Flying Experience: 7 years 100 hours (25 hours) 200 flights (20 flights)	Location Bluestone, Belchford, UK Wind Strength: 30-35 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Air Design Susi 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was pulled over while ground handling in windy conditions. On launching, pilot failed to notice that deployment handle had become dislodged. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.12.2019	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 67 hours (35 hours) 218 flights (101 flights)	Location Beachy Head, EASTBOURNE, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota Launch Type: Foot	Summary During ground handling in preparation for 1st flight of the day. Pilot was wearing new ski gloves due to cold conditions. A plastic hook attached by the manufacturer to the side of one glove got hooked onto one of the lines. Pilot was able with difficulty to unhook the line and control the wing. These hooks should be removed prior to use in paragliding!	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 10.11.2019	Pilot Male Age: 70 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 170 hours (20 hours) 300 flights (50 flights)	Location North Luffenham, Rutland, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Triple Seven Knight Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot launched with tangled brake. Pilot focussed on untangling brake instead of flying glider and releasing from towline. Pilot turned downwind still attached to towline. Tow operator disengaged clutch then weak-link operated. Pilot landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 29.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 72 hours	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot suffered a cravat while on SIV course , which caused an auto-rotation spiral dive. Pilot was unable to deploy parachute in time to prevent hard entry to water.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 27.10.2019	Pilot Female Age: 25 Flying Experience: 5 years	Location Beddingham, Lewes, UK	Wing Type Other	Summary Student was walking up the training hill and twisted her ankle	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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