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 3308 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 11.12.2018	Pilot Male Age: 42 Flying Experience: 7 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: 10 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
Date 16.11.2018	Pilot Male Age: 37 Flying Experience: 7 years 4 flights (4 flights)	Location Quattro Mojones, Algodonales, Spain Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Atom 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student drifted crosswind on launch and did not correct the drift. Student crashed into the hillside.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 06.11.2018	Pilot Male Age: 30 Flying Experience: 7 years 2 flights (2 flights)	Location Training slope, Dharan, Nepal Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ICARO Pica Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student on day 5 of a beginner course making small top to bottom flights. Flared on landing a little late, landed hard and sprained his ankle.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 05.11.2018	Pilot Male Age: 30 Flying Experience: 7 years 4 flights (4 flights)	Location Training slope, Dharan, Nepal Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ICARO Pica Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student released brakes too soon on take-off and landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 04.11.2018	Pilot Male Age: 59 Rating: P Flying Experience: 41 years 631 hours (31 hours) 1500 flights (34 flights)	Location Beachy Head, Eastbourne, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Avian Evo3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot avoided usual top landing area due to paraglider activity. Pilot ended up downwind of a bank on approach and was caught by low level turbulence. Pilot landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 28.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 63 Rating: P Flying Experience: 19 years 238 hours (30 hours) 499 flights (33 flights)	Location Bir, Bir, India Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Light Turbulence, Leeside	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: BGD Punk Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was caught in turbulence while ridge soaring. Glider suffered asymmetric collapse then cascade. Pilot deployed parachute, which did not fully deploy. Pilot landed through trees, avoiding serious injury.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 27.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 9 years 400 hours	Location Maiden Castle, Dorchester, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Speedflyer/Miniwing Wing: Niviuk Zion Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot initiated 360 degree turn but without sufficient height to recover from the manoeuvre before impacting the slope. Pilot impacted the slope at speed.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 24.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 54 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 21 years 632 hours (20 hours) 1361 flights (73 flights)	Location Hay Bluff NW, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Alpha 6 Launch Type: Foot	Summary While soaring in "top-end" wind conditions the pilot discovered he had routed his two buckle harness and leg straps through his speed bar foot loop. This rendered the speed system inoperable.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 17 July 2025

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