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 3239 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
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: 18 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: 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 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	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
Date 06.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 14 hours (15 hours) 33 flights (34 flights)	Location Brighstone, Shorwell, UK Conditions:, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5	Summary Pilot hit sinking air while ridge soaring and was unable to make chosen landing field. Pilot landed heavily with brakes on but caught arm on the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 06.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 57 Flying Experience: 6 years 1 flight (1 flight)	Location Field opposite Upton Marina, Upton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Other Wing: Waterbird Mistral Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Student did parachute landing fall as is done with round canopy but hurt left shin. Checked by paramedic who was onsite.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.07.2019	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: P Flying Experience: 13 years 250 hours (30 hours) 150 flights (20 flights)	Location Sederon, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was attempting low save but misjudged wind speed and distance from the hill. Pilot could not complete the turn and struck the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 29.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 33	Location Talybont SW, Talybont, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Ozone Firefly 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student attempting first hops drifted across the slope and put out right hand to absorb impact. Student sprained wrist.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 34 Flying Experience: 6 years 1 hour (1 hour) 7 flights (7 flights)	Location Sierra de Beau, Jumilla, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student started forward launch but the glider did not come up straight. Student kept running despite being told to stop. Student fell over hitting back on a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Internal Injuries

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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