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 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
Date 20.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 50 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 11 years 15 hours (1 hour) 30 flights (8 flights)	Location NHGPC, Great Fransham, Norfolk, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Swing Arcus Launch Type: Winch/vehicle Tow	Summary Pilot spun glider having taken a wrap and induced a turn. Glider then entered cascade, which was not controlled by the pilot. Pilot deployed parachute but at too low an altitude for it to be effective.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 18.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Flying Experience: 11 years 35 hours (3 hours) 120 flights (18 flights)	Location Col de la Forclaz, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: ICARO Cyber 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider pilot while thermalling. Other pilot was flying soaring beats. Both pilots landed in trees in front of take-off uninjured.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 05.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 62 Rating: P Flying Experience: 11 years 165 hours (25 hours) 420 flights (60 flights)	Location Lavante launch, Lejar Mountain Algodnales, Spain Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions:, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot reverse launched successfully but was then lifted by a gust and pushed back over launch. Pilot collided with a rigged hang glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 03.10.2018	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 7 hours (7 hours) 27 flights (27 flights)	Location Westbury White Horse, Westbury, UK Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions:, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz Z5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot launched but was unable to penetrate into wind. Pilot landed but stumbled and was dragged into a bench at the top of the hill.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries
Date 30.09.2018	Pilot Male Age: 36 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years	Location Devils Dyke, Brighton, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Unknown Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider. Pilot's wing collapsed and he landed heavily.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 29.09.2018	Pilot Male Age: 43 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 7 years 23 hours (23 hours) 30 flights (30 flights)	Location High & Over, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Buzz 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot crashed in rotor turbulence behind the ridge.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Feet, Legs
Date 25.09.2018	Pilot Male Age: 65 Flying Experience: 7 years 30 flights (30 flights)	Location Longstone Edge, Derbyshire, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Macpara Muse 1 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student tripped while running after a forward launch.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 25.09.2018	Pilot Male Age: 67 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 26 years 111 hours (10 hours) 219 flights (21 flights)	Location Beer Head, Beer Head, East Devon, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Nova Ion4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary In decreasing winds the pilot lost too much height to top land resulting in a downwind slope landing. Pilot attempted to run off speed but stumbled.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 24.09.2018	Pilot Male Age: 61 Rating: P Flying Experience: 25 years 625 hours (40 hours) 1000 flights (60 flights)	Location Chalvet west, St Andre les Alpes, France Wind Strength: 20-25 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Yeti 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary On launching the right leg strap buckle became undone and pilot could not refasten it inflight. Pilot decided to land immediately. On inspection of the flat plate buckle pilot decided it had not been correctly fastened and had not been noticed due to insufficient pre-flight check.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt

Last updated: 11 July 2025

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