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 21.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 150 hours (2 hours) (4 flights)	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot successfully deployed emergency parachute during SIV manoeuvre that ended with a cravat. Pilot landed unhurt but went to hospital with blood pressure issues.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 14.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 27 years 400 hours (45 hours) (90 flights)	Location Black Mount, Biggar, Lanarkshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While kiting his glider back up the hill the pilot noticed that the plastic maillon insert had fallen out and had allowed the maillon gate to fully open up.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 5 years 5 hours (5 hours) 20 flights (20 flights)	Location Thurnham, Thurnham, Kent, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was lifted off his feet by a gust but was able to face forwards and control glider. Pilot landed going backwards and was then dragged before deflating the glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 02.10.2019	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 20 years 655 hours (13 hours) 1461 flights (35 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient BiGolden3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While initiating a reverse launch on his tandem paraglider the pilot noticed that the Edelrid "Foras" carabiners had become locked together during the turn stage. Pilot was able to abort the launch without incident.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 18.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 72 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 65 hours	Location Whitewool, Hampshire, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Phantom Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was low on the ridge and encountered sinking air. Glider then suffered an asymmetric collapse but pilot did not have time or height to react before impacting the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 15.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 63	Location Long Mynd, Church Stretton, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Rx Launch Type: Foot	Summary Non-member pilot misjudged approach and crashed in bracken short of the landing field.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 15.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 20 years (40 hours)	Location Fochriw, Merthyr Tydfil, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach and struck a fence on attempting to land.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 15.09.2019	Pilot Female Age: 50 Rating: Unqualified	Location Muggery, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student landed crosswind and failed to flare.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 14.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 100 hours (14 hours) 232 flights (37 flights)	Location Bo Peep, South Downs, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chilli 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Immediately after launching pilot moved left to avoid a student who had just been launched. Pilot was then caught by gust and collided with a fence.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 13.09.2019	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 1000 hours (70 hours) 500 flights (30 flights)	Location Bradwell, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: UP Tango x race Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had midair collision when another glider, being flown in to opposite direction, struck the bottom of his harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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