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 3235 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 21.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 66 Rating: P Flying Experience: 23 years 200 hours (20 hours) 300 flights (50 flights)	Location Frocester, Dursley, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off and attempted to soar over trees. Pilot hit sink and crashed into the trees before falling to the ground 30ft below. Pilot used 'what3words" app to help locate having called 999.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 20.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: P Flying Experience: 8 years 175 hours (35 hours) 450 flights (85 flights)	Location None, Hampshire, UK	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Explorer	Summary Pilot found issue when fitting small Independence Ultra Cross parachute to Skywalk Range Air harness. Harness parachute container was not adjustable for size leading to parachute deployment handle being too long.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: EP Flying Experience: 6 years 36 flights (16 flights)	Location Darley Moor, Ashbourne, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary No details available	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 13.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 165 hours (8 hours) 100 flights (6 flights)	Location Ager, Ager, Spain Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst trying to scratch up the face of the terrain, on turning to a down wind beat the glider accelerated to 55 kph. Possibly suffering some rotor from the terrain the ground came up very quickly. The pilot impacted the ground heavily at a shallow angle.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 09.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 39 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 800 hours (20 hours) 500 flights (50 flights)	Location Small local hill Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ICARO Nikita 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot slipped on wet grass on landing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 09.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: P Flying Experience: 32 years	Location Trethill, Cornwall, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gradient Avax Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crash landed in an area of possible rotor turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 07.06.2019	Pilot Male Rating: CP Flying Experience: 2 hours (1 hour) 10 flights (10 flights)	Location Beklemeto North, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Bgd Epic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot fell over on slope, landing in heather.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 01.06.2019	Pilot Male Age: 50 Flying Experience: 6 years 3 hours (2 hours) 30 flights (15 flights)	Location Muggary Bottom, Lewes, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student reverse launched glider bit with a little too much brake. On facing forward he released the brakes and the glider overshot causing the student to fall forwards down the slope.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 31.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 41 50 flights (50 flights)	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student reverse launched then turned to face forwards but was unbalanced by a gust. Student applied some brake and was dragged backwards for 10m before regaining control of the glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 26.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 54 Flying Experience: 5 years 40 flights (40 flights)	Location Swyre Hill, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was attempting speedbar exercise. Having trouble locating the bar with his foot, the student reached down but with the brake still in his hand. This turned the student back into the slope impacting foot first.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs

Last updated: 12 December 2024

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