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 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
Date 06.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 38 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 1000 hours (4 hours) 400 flights (1 flight)	Location Frocester/nympsfield, Frocester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged approach to top landing and decided to collide with a small tree rather than making an extreme turn.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 05.03.2020	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 390 hours 690 flights	Location Kettlewell, Yorkshire Dales, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost thermal while flying up a cliff face and landed heavily on a shelf on the cliff.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 11.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 68 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 20 hours (2 hours)	Location Poinente, Lijar, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Epic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot exited spiral but failed to correctly manage the resulting dive. Pilot stalled glider and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 10.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 47 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 101 hours (9 hours) 274 flights (33 flights)	Location Poniente TO, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Phi Tenor Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off but did not notice he had snapped an upper break line and got a twig snagged in his lines. Once flying the pilot spotted the issues and was able to make a safe bottom landing using big ears.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 09.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 86 hours (26 hours) 103 flights (7 flights)	Location Nid D’ Aigle, Near Aglou, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made steep turn towards ridge in order to avoid a collision with another paraglider. Pilot flew into terrain having possibly spun glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 07.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 40 years 730 hours (13 hours) 530 flights (10 flights)	Location Mala Lanzarote, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Puma Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged final flare on landing, allowing nose to drop after touch-down. Pilot hit rear edge of speed upright with upper arm.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 06.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 51	Location Darley Moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student caught foot while landing from low, short hop resulting in a fractured leg.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 05.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 49 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 260 hours (28 hours) 612 flights (22 flights)	Location Ansermanuevo, Toro, Colombia Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot made emergency turn while on final approach to avoid low level power lines. Pilot's seat made contact with bump in the ground before legs could fully absorb the impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 03.02.2020	Pilot Male Age: 71 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 16 years 194 hours	Location None, Lechlade, UK	Wing Type Other Wing: High Aventure Beamer Emergency Parachute	Summary During repack session pilot noticed that the control handle sticks had been threaded through the metal rings. They should NOT have been put through the rings but simply inserted into the sleeves.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 14 May 2025

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