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 31.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: Pilot (Club Coach) Flying Experience: 40 years 700 hours (22 hours) 500 flights (14 flights)	Location Defford Croft Farm Airfield, Defford nr Malvern, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Airwave Fly 2 Launch Type: Aero Tow	Summary Pilot did not leave sufficient height for his circuit approach and landed heavily just short of the runway.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Head Injuries Passenger: Minor Injuries Cervical Spine
Date 30.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 64 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 48 years 2000 hours (50 hours) 2000 flights	Location Chabre Ridge, Laragne, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes Litespeed RX Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was flying along a ridge of trees and was halfway down heading to the cliffs beside a landing field. Turned around to line up landing and did another turn to make sure no overshoot. During the last turn pilot was forced into trees due to posible rotor.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 29.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 59 Flying Experience: 14 years (16 flights)	Location Private field, Felsted, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Powered PG Wing: Dudek Reaction Launch Type: Powered Engine: Pap, Top 80	Summary Pilot attempted a turn at low level then applied excessive control causing the glider to spin. The glider recovered but entered a spiral dive and the pilot crashed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 28.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 52 Rating: EP Flying Experience: 7 years (10 flights)	Location Friar Waddon, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Adam Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student was instructed to edge towards the hill in order to maximise the lift. Student turned sharply and crashed into the slope with straight legs.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 27.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 60 Rating: P Flying Experience: 12 years 130 hours (7 hours) 300 flights (24 flights)	Location Kobala, Tolmin, Slovenia Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while ridge soaring in light thermic conditions.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 25.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 45 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 17 years 35 hours (4 hours) 500 flights (12 flights)	Location Mil Airfield 29 Regt RLC, South Cerney, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Sol Start Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot was preparing to launch. Just prior to connecting to the tow line, a gust of wind picked up the glider. The pilot turned to control the glider, but his foot got caught in the ground resulting in the fracture of the leg.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 46 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 19 years	Location Bell Hill, Sturminster Newton, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown	Summary Pilot stalled glider attempting to slope land in strong and buoyant conditions.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 16.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 15 years 850 hours (60 hours)	Location Selsley, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Artik 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught out by sea breeze and elected to collapse his wing at 3m. Pilot controlled his descent but landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 11.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 17 years 1500 hours (100 hours) 400 flights (40 flights)	Location Parlick, Chipping, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Takoo 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot and passenger landed safely near to the top of the hill due to light winds. Not long after landing strong gust came through, wing tried to inflate but dragged both pilot and passenger along the top into a stone wall. Pilot tried but was unable to control wing.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder Passenger: Seriously Injured
Date 11.08.2018	Pilot Female Age: 19 7 flights	Location Bewaldeth, Cumbria, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student lost control of glider during launch phase and while still on the ground. Student was dragged sideways.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 5 January 2025

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