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 3287 entries for all wing types

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Date	Pilot	Location	Wing Type	Summary	Injury
Incident Reports
Date 07.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 56 Rating: AP Flying Experience: 41 years 5000 hours (100 hours) 5000 flights (40 flights)	Location Long Mynd, Long Mynd, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Strong Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: Moyes RX3.5 pro Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off into extreme turbulence, possibly caused by a dust devil, and was turned down wind into the hill. Pilot was able to flare hard and prevent significant damage to himself and the glider.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 05.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 39	Location High and Over school field, Alfriston, UK Wind Strength: 0-5 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Element 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Student appeared to land well, into wind and with a good flare. However, he aggravated an old ankle injury.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 02.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 50	Location Swyre Hill, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Bolero 4 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Day 2 student landed heavily on low hop flight due to erratic control inputs and insufficient flare.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Feet, Legs
Date 01.08.2018	Pilot Male Age: 37 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 13 years 200 hours (20 hours) 200 flights (15 flights)	Location Ringstead, Weymouth, UK Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Niviuk Hook 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot lost balance and fell while turning to face glider.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder
Date 31.07.2018	Pilot Male	Location Ringstead, Dorset, UK Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Flexwing Hang Glider Wing: ICARO Laminar Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot landed cross-wind and slightly banked. Heavy landing broke carbon fibre base bar.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 30.07.2018	Pilot Male Age: 65 Rating: CP Flying Experience: 8 years 12 hours (8 hours) 25 flights (20 flights)	Location Annecy - Roche Rouge, Annecy, France Wind Strength: 15-20 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Ozone Mojo 5 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot had mid-air collision with another paraglider while thermal soaring. The gliders became tangled and the other pilot deployed his parachute. The gliders then separated and the pilot was able to land his glider in the landing field. The other pilot landed in trees under his parachute.	Injury Pilot: Unhurt
Date 26.07.2018	Pilot Male Age: 55 Rating: P Flying Experience: 24 years 500 hours (10 hours) (7 flights)	Location Cwmafan, Port Talbot, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Calm, Not Turbulent	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Advance Sigma 9 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot stalled glider on approach attempting to land in a small landing area. Pilot had take wraps in order to slow the glider.	Injury Pilot: Minor Injuries, Lumbar Spine
Date 26.07.2018	Pilot Male Age: 48 Rating: CP 45 flights	Location Trainion St Geniez, Sisteron, France Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Gin Atlas Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot was ridge soaring with two other pilots when after some 20 minutes of normal flight his glider suffered a collapse, which resulted in a rapid spinning descent to the ground.	Injury Pilot: Fatal
Date 24.07.2018	Pilot Male Age: 28 Rating: P	Location Mont Avena, Feltre, Italy Wind Strength: 5-10 km/h Conditions: Calm, Light Turbulence, Front Influence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Onone Enzo 2 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot took off with difficulty then flew out towards an area with minor turbulence, close to the launch. Pilot then suffered a frontal collapse and was unable to recover before impacting the slope.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured
Date 23.07.2018	Pilot Male Age: 66 Flying Experience: 22 years 500 hours (30 hours) 1500 flights (50 flights)	Location Thurnham, Detling, UK Wind Strength: 10-15 km/h Conditions: Moderate, Moderate Turbulence	Wing Type Paraglider Wing: Skywalk Chili 3 Launch Type: Foot	Summary Pilot flew in front of a pair of trees on the slope in order to scratch lift as conditions momentarily lightened. Right wing tip caught uppermost branch of second tree. Too close in slightly turbulent air. Snared wingtip caused glider to spin near the ground.	Injury Pilot: Seriously Injured, Hands, Arms, Shoulder

Last updated: 15 June 2025

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