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).

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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 21.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 22 Flying Experience: 6 years 12 flights (12 flights)	Location Bedlinog, South wales valleys, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Whist ground handling a student inflated his glider but tried to turn too early resulting in a collapse. During the collapse the risers brushed passed the students helmet inadvertently unfastening the new type buckle. Concurrently a line caught the helmets goggle strap (rear of helmet) and pulled the helmet from the students head.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: P Flying Experience: 26 years	Location Eype, Near Bridport, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 10 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was practising wing overs close to a costal cliff when his glider suffered an asymmetric collapse. The pilot crashed into the cliff but was subsequently able to relaunch.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 20.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 35 years 1000 hours (25 hours) 1000 flights (50 flights)	Location Merthyr Common, Merthyr Tydfil, UK Wind Strength: 25-30 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Bion Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched tandem in windy conditions and was immediately lifted off with passenger. Pilot could not see as passenger harness had become stuck over the Quick-Out karabiners obscuring the pilot's vision. Pilot was able to land after a short beat but fell on passenger on landing.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt Passenger: Minor Injuries
Date 20.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 57	Location Muggery Bottom, Newhaven, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was practicing forward launches in phase 2 of the EP. This was the student's fourth inflation. The student lost his footing on the inflation and fell awkwardly pulling his left calf muscle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 19.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 739 hours (101 hours) 2000 flights (134 flights)	Location Legzira, Morocco Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Magnum 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot under training overshot intended top landing by approx 10m. Pilot stumbled on rocky terrain, resulting fall and drag 2m approx. Pilot not wearing gloves, sustained small (2cm), shallow cut to right hand.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder Passenger: Unhurt
Date 18.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 300 hours (17 hours) 1500 flights (14 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off in deteriorating conditions with rain beginning to fall. In his haste to get down the pilot initiated big ears but then stalled one side of the glider on releasing the ears. Glider then entered a spin and the pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 14.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 27 hours (9 hours) 66 flights (20 flights)	Location Montellano, Montellano, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Xi Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying friends wing and suffered an asymmetric collapse while thermalling. Due to lack of ground clearance pilot successfully deployed his emergency parachute and landed safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 04.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 69 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 50 hours	Location Bornos lake, Bornos, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Gin Pegasus Launch Type: Powered Engine: Miniplane, Top80	Summary Student lost control while practising 'launch abort' with motor running. Student attempted to collapse wing but in doing so applied full power to the motor. Student was pushed over by the thrust and was cut on sharp stone.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 02.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 35 hours (19 hours) 51 flights (25 flights)	Location Tap o Noth, Rhynie, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Sprint 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot inflated wing in breezy conditions but had a knot in the lines. Pilot was dragged over into a rock.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 01.03.2019	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 180 hours (80 hours)	Location Fochriw, Fochriw, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Rush 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was ground handling then went to forward launch as wind was dropping off. Speed bar line caught in reserve handle upon launch run which pulled out and inflated the parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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