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 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 57 Flying Experience: 8 years 60 hours (3 hours) 105 flights (6 flights)	Location Challow, SWINDON, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Universal Launch Type: Powered Engine: Parajet, Maverick	Summary Pilot was practising walking with the motor running on his back without a wing but slipped and fell over. Pilot released throttle but didn't hit the kill switch quickly enough. Throttle cable struck prop and wrapped round the exhaust. Kill switch did not function, with engine stuck on half throttle. Eventually exhaust melted throttle cable and engine stopped. No Injuries.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 76 hours (6 hours) 153 flights (3 flights)	Location Combe Gibbet, Hungerford, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Punk Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was using his paraglider to kite back up the hill, downwind of a line of trees, in thermic conditions. He was inadvertently lifted off the ground in a gust and before he could gain control was turned into the hill where he suffered injury.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 320 hours (12 hours) 1040 flights (8 flights)	Location Bo Peep, Alciston, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Rigid Hang Glider Wing: Air Design Atos v Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered heavy sink while attempting to make an upslope landing. Pilot tried to turn away from the hill to bottom land but sinking air meant he landed in trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.05.2020	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 20 years 500 hours 1000 flights	Location Combe gibbet, Inkpen, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while thermalling close to the ridge on a crowded day. Both pilots were unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 6 years 13 hours (13 hours) 35 flights (35 flights)	Location Dunes, Nid d’Aigle, Morocco Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot intentionally stalled wing over sand from 2m to find stall point. On impact the emergency parachute deployed. Pilot noted that this had happened before from the Advance Progress 3 harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 16.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 31 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 24 hours (16 hours) 150 flights (4 flights)	Location Great Orme, Llandudno, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was inadvertently lifted off his feet when reverse launching. He was dragged and struck the slope several times before the glider came to rest.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 47 years	Location Dunstable, Luton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Air Wave Calypso Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot flew into hillside having apparently misjudged the amount of available lift.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries
Date 13.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 150 hours (25 hours) 150 flights (25 flights)	Location Marros, Amroth, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions:, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was on final approach in deteriorating conditions and an approaching rain shower. He was lifted in turbulent air and carried downwind towards a power line. He stalled the paraglider at 3m agl in an attempt to touch down before reaching the power line, and landed unhurt.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 1100 hours (50 hours)	Location Butser west, Petersfield, hants, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Swift max Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was forced to take avoiding action to avoid a collision when the other pilot did not give way.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Unhurt
Date 06.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 21 Flying Experience: 13 years 1000 hours (50 hours) 700 flights (25 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone ZENO Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to cobra launch his paraglider but was dragged into a group of people.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 24 May 2025

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