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 02.01.2019	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: P Flying Experience: 6 years 72 hours (56 hours) 385 flights (123 flights)	Location Portland East, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Epic Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land at a cliff top and was caught out by rotor turbulence.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 01.01.2019	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 10 years 91 hours (7 hours) 240 flights (25 flights)	Location Devil's Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ICARO Aqila Launch Type: Foot	Summary Having adjusted his approach to avoid another paraglider on the ground the pilot found he was heading for a second pilot on the ground. Pilot was unable to avoid the second pilot and crashed into him.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 01.01.2019	Pilot Male Age: 51 Rating: P Flying Experience: 18 years 300 hours (7 hours) 600 flights (17 flights)	Location Devil’s Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion 3 Light Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was clipped into his equipment and standing on take-off assessing conditions when another pilot crashed into him.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 18.12.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: P Flying Experience: 14 years 550 hours (100 hours)	Location Lagzira, Lagzira, Morocco Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Cure Launch Type: Foot	Summary During forward launch pilot did not notice A line had become caught on rear riser steering loop. Glider suffered asymmetric collapse but pilot was able to recover and land safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 15.12.2018	Pilot Male Age: 26 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years 185 hours (3 hours) 3500 flights (100 flights)	Location Les Diablerets, Glacier 3000, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Ozone Rapi-dos Launch Type: Foot	Summary Mini-wing pilot took off but hit ledge that was not visible from take-off. Wing collapsed and pilot fell 140m before coming to rest a further 100m down the snow slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 11.12.2018	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: P Flying Experience: 17 years 600 hours (30 hours)	Location Nigel's, Mirleft, Morocco Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot attempted to top land but was too low resulting in a low, hook turn. Pilot injured wrist in cushioning fall.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 11.12.2018	Pilot Male Age: 58 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 10 years (3 hours) 166 flights (14 flights)	Location NHGPC, Great Fransham, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 5 Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Line break at 20m resulted in glider diving forwards. This was not controlled by the pilot who swung under the glider, which appeared in a stalled state. Pilot landed heavily in a seated position.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 11.12.2018	Pilot Male Age: 42 Flying Experience: 6 years 8 flights	Location Mount Caburn, Glynde, East Sussex, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: ASKA One Seven Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student clipped the top of a tree while on top to bottom flight and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Lumbar Spine
Date 28.11.2018	Pilot Male Age: 30 Rating: P Flying Experience: 9 years 80 hours (14 hours) 90 flights (10 flights)	Location Toripane, Pokhara, Nepal Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: U-Turn Blacklight 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with knot in lines having failed to carry out proper pre-flight check due to busy launch. Pilot corrected course but released brakes due to slow airspeed. Glider spun and pilot landed heavily on mountainside.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Internal Injuries
Date 18.11.2018	Pilot Male Age: 59 Flying Experience: 60 hours	Location Babadag, Oludeniz, Turkey Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Delta 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Glider overshot on launch inducing asymmetric collapse. Pilot continued to launch and the glider re-inflated with a small cravat. Pilot fell off the front of take-off inducing a 70% asymmetric collapse, which did not recover. The pilot managed to control his heading until the glider recovered and the pilot flew away safely.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 2 December 2024

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