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 23.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 500 hours (55 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Planpraz, Chamonix, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot experienced extreme turbulence in an area he had flown through earlier with no problems. Pilot lost control and impacted cliff.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 19.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 74 hours (6 hours) 147 flights (7 flights)	Location Morzine, Morzine, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Blacklight Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot spun glider while trying to avoid power lines having been attempting to thermal close to the hill.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 17.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 32 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 160 hours (25 hours) 300 flights (40 flights)	Location South coast, Plienmont, Guernsey Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot misjudged wind direction and encountered sinking air while coastal soaring. Pilot attempted a safe landing but spun the glider by flying too slowly.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 16.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 44 Rating: Unqualified Flying Experience: 5 years 10 flights	Location Muggery Bottom, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Evolution 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student landed slightly cross wind and didn't flare resulting in all his weight going through one leg.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 15.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 36 years 1300 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (20 flights)	Location Firle Beacon, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot caught a thermal at ridge height and attempted to turn with it. Pilot was flying too slowly and stalled wing at 25ft landing heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 14.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: Unqualified 2 flights	Location Friar Waddon, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Magic Launch Type: Foot	Summary The pilot was running to take off but lifted legs a little early and the seat brushed the ground causing the glider to surge forwards. Student left the ground but the glider rotated and he landed on his right side.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 08.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 750 hours (35 hours) 600 flights (60 flights)	Location Montclar, Montclar, France Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Strong, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bonanza2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot encountered severe turbulence having gone on glide on leeside of a ridge. Glider collapsed but recovered with twists. Pilot deployed parachute and eventually got main under control. Landed at 7.2m/s and injured ankle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 07.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 76 Rating: CP	Location NHGPC, GT Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z4 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot went offline on tow and failed to make the necessary correction. Winch was stopped but pilot continued with no correction and crashed into a tree.,	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 07.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 36 8 flights (8 flights)	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary The student was briefed to make several turns finishing to the left as the wind was coming from the left. At the time when the last left turn would have been appropriate he made a right turn (despite radio instruction) landing fast nearly downwind close to bushes. He ran it off stopping just short of a larger bush but got some scratches from the smaller ones.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 07.07.2019	Pilot Male	Location NHGPC, Gt Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Base Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot went offline on tow. Winch operator guillotined the line but pilot continued to 360 and narrowly missed large trees.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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