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 15.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 196 hours (7 hours) 481 flights (14 flights)	Location Whernside, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by a sudden very strong gust whilst set up to launch, but had parked brakes to sort out twist in lines at carabiners. Pilot was dragged at speed into and over drystone wall, helmet taking full impact.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Cervical Spine
Date 13.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 500 hours (23 hours) 2100 flights (45 flights)	Location Mam Tor Derbyshire, Castleton, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Mac Para Elan Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot performed a low 360 into rotor behind hilltop, heavy landing, right hand hitting ground with force.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 12.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 55 Flying Experience: 6 years 3 hours (3 hours) 32 flights (32 flights)	Location Heol Senni, Sennybridge area, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was flying close to the hill and despite being instructed to turn away, collided with the hill and was unable to run off the speed. Student stated he was in two minds whether to attempt a top landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 12.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 200 hours (25 hours) 400 flights (35 flights)	Location Blorenge, Abergavenny, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Arak Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land in apparent light winds. Pilot was unable to run off landing speed despite a full flare. Pilot fell over on landing.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 06.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 12 years 200 hours (30 hours) 150 flights (50 flights)	Location Coast Run, Mupe Bay, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Omega 8 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was on a Coastal Soaring Run and did not realise the wind had switched. The pilot was low at the time and landed downwind on rocks.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 06.05.2019	Pilot Male Rating: P Flying Experience: 38 years 3000 hours (50 hours)	Location Coombe Gibbet, Mr Newbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Mentor 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot allowed himself to get distracted and connected risers wrong way round. On launch pilot found he was facing backwards. Pilot maintained control and bottom landed on his feet walking backwards.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 06.05.2019	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 120 hours (40 hours) 200 flights (80 flights)	Location Lulworth Cove, Lulworth, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Very Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Iota 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whilst soaring on the coast pilot flew into rotor having not noticed a change in the wind direction. The glider suffered an asymmetric collapse and the pilot landed heavily, colliding with a wire fence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 29.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 53 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot called 'Takeoff' and proceeded to reverse launch. Pilot got the glider under control and proceeded to take off. The glider was flying with the pilot about 1.5m off the ground when a Tandem pilot with passenger reversed launched his wing into the path of the flying pilot. The wings entangled and the flying pilot crashed onto the takeoff suffering minor scrapes.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 23.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 69 Rating: P Flying Experience: 49 years 1000 hours (7 hours) 1500 flights (9 flights)	Location Primrose Valley, Filey, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed in front of where intended on top of the cliff. Pilot tripped and fell forward and hit head hard on the wooden fence that surrounded the cliffs.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Head Injuries
Date 22.04.2019	Pilot Male Age: 41 Rating: P Flying Experience: 16 years 500 hours (40 hours)	Location Col de la Forclaz, Annecy, France	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10	Summary While hanging in a static simulator practising reserve throws, pilot had extreme difficulty extracting parachute from the harness.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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